HyperDic: overgeneralize

English > 1 sense of the word overgeneralize:
VERBcommunicationovergeneralize, overgeneralisedraw too general a conclusion
English > overgeneralize: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
MeaningDraw too general a conclusion.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Example"It is dangerous to overgeneralize"
Synonymovergeneralise
Broadergeneralize, generalise, extrapolate, inferDraw from specific cases for more general cases
Spanishsobregeneralizar

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