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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a generalization" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to a broad conclusion or an abstract concept based on the observation of particular instances. For example: "The statement that all people are selfish is an overgeneralization."
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A pit-bull ban is a generalization about a generalization about a trait that is not, in fact, general.
A generalization?
That's obviously a generalization.
"It was a generalization, a euphemism.
We resent such a generalization among so much specific brilliance.
We say boys are stronger, faster, but that's a generalization".
And the second lesson was a generalization from the first.
If thinking about muscular terriers as pit bulls is a generalization, then thinking about dangerous dogs as anything substantially similar to a pit bull is a generalization about a generalization.
Orthogonal arrays are a generalization of orthogonal Latin squares.
Complex numbers are a generalization of the familiar decimal numbers that mathematicians call the real numbers.
A generalization linking race or ethnicity to crime will therefore inevitably sweep in many innocent people.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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