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overgeneralize

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  1. draw too general a conclusion
    It is dangerous to overgeneralize

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  • It generalizes - and at times overgeneralizes - about all media's content, and perhaps about all of society's, too.
  • But I do think she overgeneralizes Stevens's reference to the "scholar, separately dwelling," who "Poured forth the fine fins, the gawky beaks, the personalia,/Which, as a man feeling everything, were his" to mean the academic scholar of the sort we find in American universities. Literary Study
  • A psychic claimant, even a fully honest one, might want to demand such a statement because scientists sometimes overgeneralize or overstate the implications of their results.
  • It is dangerous to overgeneralize
  • To Barber's credit, he frequently qualifies the overgeneralized statements he makes in one part of his book when he revisits the issues in other parts.
  • Has the field of family therapy overgeneralized Bateson's theory by using it to explain all manner of human interactions beyond reciprocal aggression?
  • With this built-in predisposition, we tend to overgeneralize facial impressions to adults whose faces, in this case, merely resemble a baby's in certain features.
  • University of Washington psychologist Jonathon Brown found that those lacking self-esteem overgeneralize their failures to conclude that they are just plain less intelligent and less competent than others.
  • I hate to overgeneralize or stereotype people, but the average adult in this country, especially in the urban areas, is an overcivilized wimp. Tiny LEGO Gun Spells Big Trouble For Student
  • We were careful not to overgeneralize from this single sample of women, but our results do have some implications for care.
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