'generalisation' definitions:

An idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities" [syn: generalization, generalisation, generality]

The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances [syn: abstraction, generalization, generalisation]

Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn: generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning]

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus [syn: generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation]