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