1. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars. [ 1913 Webster ]
Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
[いっぱんか, ippanka] (n) (1) generalization; generalisation; popularization; popularisation; (vs) (2) to generalize; to generalise; to popularize; to popularise
[じっぱひとからげ;じゅっぱひとからげ, jippahitokarage ; juppahitokarage] (n, adj-no) lumping together all sorts of things; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with various things under one head