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overgeneralize | overgeneralizer |

As a verb overgeneralize

is to discuss something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.

As a noun overgeneralizer is

one who overgeneralizes.

overgeneralize

English

Verb

(overgeneraliz)
  • To discuss something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.

    • overgeneralizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who overgeneralizes.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 29, author=Mary Jo Murphy, title=Sex, Love and the Scolding Psychotherapist, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=I could also see that he was an overgeneralizer and a dogmatist, and therefore a poor scientist. }}