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generalization

noun gen·er·al·iza·tion

Medical Definition of GENERALIZATION

1
:  the action or process of generalizing
2
:  the act or process whereby a learned response is made to a stimulus similar to but not identical with the conditioned stimulus

Variants of GENERALIZATION

gen·er·al·iza·tion or British gen·er·al·isa·tion \ˌjen-(ə-)rə-lə-ˈzā-shən\

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