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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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Too often, the book stumbles into overgeneralization.
Scollon and Scollon put stereotyping simply as another word for overgeneralization.
If you answered Dad to No. 1 and Mom to No. 2, you have bought into a stereotype, the kind of overgeneralization that makes open-minded people squirm.
For those familiar with his brand of confidently asserted overgeneralization, the book is about what you would expect.
The dangers of overgeneralization should be obvious.
A different name will not address the term's deeper problem: overgeneralization.

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