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What does overgeneralization mean?

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Noun
  1. (usually uncountable) The act of overgeneralizing.
  2. (countable) An instance of overgeneralizing.
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Such a proposition must resort to some degree of overgeneralization on both sides.
Scollon and Scollon put stereotyping simply as another word for overgeneralization.
That, too, is somewhat of an overgeneralization, but it is more plausible.
For those familiar with his brand of confidently asserted overgeneralization, the book is about what you would expect.
To say categorically that it is crueler to put any cat to sleep rather than send it outdoors is a rash overgeneralization.
As ever, great care must be taken against overgeneralization across the scores of member countries of the Fund.

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