generalization, generalisation

[ Fr. généralisation; Sp. genera liz a cion.] [GENERALIZE.] 1. The act or proce of generalizing; the act of making general, or of bringing several objects agreeing in some point under a common or general name, head, or cla ; an extending from particulars to generals. "This has led some philosophers to suppose that another faculty besides abstraction, to which they have given the nam i on of generating species. Stewart : On of is nece ary to account the Human Mind, pt. iv., § 1. 2. A general inference.