Generalize vs Concretization - What's the difference?
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To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
* W. Nicholson
To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
* Coleridge
(uncountable) The process of concretizing]] a general principle or idea by delineating, [[particularize, particularizing, or exemplifying it.
* 1934 , J. Tinbergen, "Annual Survey of Significant Developments in General Economic Theory," Econometrica , vol. 2, no. 1, p. 25:
* 1961 , H. Kelsen, General Theory of Law and State , p. 237:
(countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.
* 1979 , Trudy Scott, "Stuart Sherman's Singular Spectacles," The Drama Review: TDR , vol. 23, no. 1, p. 75:
* 1993 , Lubomír Doležel, "Semiotic Poetics of the Prague School," in Irene Rima Makaryk (ed.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms , ISBN 9780802068606,
(uncountable, medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.
* 1969 , E. Drage and B. Lange, "Ethical Considerations in the Use of Patients for Demonstration," The American Journal of Nursing , vol. 69, no. 10, p. 2165:
As a verb generalize
is to speak in generalities, or in vague terms.As a noun concretization is
the process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it.generalize
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* generalise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
(en-verb)- Copernicus generalized' the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton ' generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air.
- A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts.
Antonyms
* specializeDerived terms
* generalizable, generalisable * generalizability, generalisability * generalization, generalisation * generalizer, generaliser * generalistconcretization
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* concretisationNoun
- There are certain fields in general economics that are at present not so much in need of a broadening of the theoretical basis as in need of a minute working-out and concretization .
- [Law] proceeds from the general (abstract) to the individual (particular); it is a process of increasing individualization and concretization .
- This movement gave Sherman his first image—a roller skate—a concretization of pure motion.
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- Vodicka's reception history is an empirical study of the post-genesis fortunes of literary works as attested in recorded concretizations (diaries, memoirs, letters, critical reviews, and essays).
- Another [patient] commented on the fact that the consultant had referred to two of them as "boys" in the demonstration. The concretization of a schizophrenic is exemplified here. One man thought this word meant that the consultant, in order "to keep things on the level of boy-girl, wanted everyone else to consider her as a girl, so the boys and girls could communicate."
Usage notes
* Concretization' and '''concretion''' are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. '''Concretization''' is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it. ' Concretion is more commonly used to refer to a physical, especially geological, object or to the physical process which creates it.Antonyms
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