Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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generalisation | Yes | No | No | No |
principle | Yes | No | No | No |
generalisation (noun) | principle (noun) |
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an idea or conclusion having general application | a basic truth or law or assumption |
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | a rule or standard especially of good behavior |
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) |
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct |
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | |
rule of personal conduct |