D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Generalization

/jĕnˌ-ẽr-əl-ĭz-āsh'-ən/ · Gen·er·al·i·za·tion · IPA /dʒˌɛnərəlɪzˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle…
  1. 1.
    The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
    Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many.” Sir W. Hamilton.
  2. 2.
    A general inference.