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general
  1. (now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality. [from 16th c.]
  2. (military) A senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. [from 16th c.]
  3. A great strategist or tactician. [from 16th c.]
  4. (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits. [from 16th c.]
  5. (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral. [16th-18th c.]
  6. (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties. [from 19th c.]
  7. A general anaesthetic; general anaesthesia.
  8. Synonyms:
generalship
  1. The position or office of a general. [from 16th c.]
  2. The term of office of a military general. [from 17th c.]
  3. The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy. [from 17th c.]
  4. By extension, leadership, good management. [from 18th c.]
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “If this is an accurate report of the man's thinking on generalship, this reader can find little fault with it.”
      “He has given us a superb study in presidential leadership and military generalship.”
      “Suffering from poor health, he was also criticized for poor generalship by fellow-officers.”
generic
  1. A product sold under a generic name.
  2. A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
  3. (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
generalisation
  1. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
  2. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
  3. Examples:
    1. “I'm aware that's a generalisation, and that there may be some gentle, kindly drivers somewhere in the country, but I haven't found one yet.”
      “This generalisation allows us to eliminate the bullwhip problem, but introduces stability and aperiodicity issues in the supply chain.”
      “I know it's a generalisation, and I'm always open to see the exceptions to the rule.”
generalization
  1. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
  2. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “This generalization once again conceals some significant differences among minority ethnic groups.”
      “The barium-flame-colour generalization is a deductive consequence of the postulates of atomic theory.”
      “The substitutability principle is none other than a generalization of the very notion of tropology.”
genericization
  1. The process of becoming generic.
  2. (law) With respect to a trademark, the act or process of becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular brand or manufacturer of that type of product.
  3. Synonyms:
genericness
  1. The state or condition of being generic.
  2. (law) In United States trademark law, the characteristic of a trademark being generic, and therefore unregistrable.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The genericness of that song makes it indistinguishable from a hundred others on the radio.”
      “It is the questions' very genericness that will let you shine by thinking how you might answer them beforehand.”
      “Justin Hughes's application of Lockean theory to trademark law is limited to the problem of genericness and the abolition of the token use doctrine.”
generification
  1. (archaic) generalization
  2. (computing) The process of making generic; conversion to use generics.
generality
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being general.
  2. (countable) A generalization.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “He finds it difficult to separate theme from plot, and to express the theme in terms of a generality rather than a specific taken from the particular story.”
      “I shall try accordingly to avoid the usual generality about Bacchylides' elegance and polished style, a commonplace of Bacchylidean criticism.”
      “The impressive thing about it is Abel's monumental generality in his statement of the problem.”
generaless
  1. A female general.
  2. The wife of a general.
generalisability
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalizability.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The generalisability of these findings is critical, as they will shape future policies and interventions on a larger scale.”
      “We judged the reliability and validity of data by the methodologies used in each study and judged their generalisability from the study context.”
      “As can be seen from Figure 19 there are very few measurement methods that are able to ascertain both causality and generalisability.”
generalness
  1. The quality of being general, of having wide applicability.
generalism
  1. Generalization: lack of specialization.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Identify and address elements of the hidden curriculum that devalue generalism and family medicine.”
      “But I am apparently not alone in dicing with the devil of generalism.”
      “Management consultants were drafted in to add technocratic know-how to patrician generalism.”
genericity
  1. Genericness, the state or quality of being generic.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Customers often prefer the genericity of store-brand products over name-brand counterparts due to their affordability and similar quality.”
generalia
  1. generalities; general terms
  2. Examples:
    1. “The earliest universities were developed under the aegis of the Latin Church by papal bull as studia generalia and perhaps from cathedral schools.”
generalizability
  1. The quality of being generalizable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Small sample sizes limit the use of inferential statistics and decrease the external validity or generalizability of the findings.”
      “Furthermore, studies should include comparable groups of patients to increase the generalizability of the results.”
      “Although lack of generalizability is often cited as the major shortcoming of randomization tests, other limitations have also been discussed.”
generalizer
  1. One who, or that which, generalizes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “When you jump up a level in intelligence, all the old problems are no longer fun because you're a smarter generalizer and you can see them as all being the same problem.”
generaliser
  1. Alternative form of generalizer
generalty
  1. Archaic form of generality.
generalcy
  1. The rank or office of a general.
  2. Examples:
    1. “His main contribution, however, to Britain was his training of light infantry and his military changes earned him a lieutenant generalcy.”
      “With the July 4, 1863, capitulation of the city he was awarded a major generalcy in the regular army.”
      “After passing through several desperate campaigns, he rose by promotion to the adjutant generalcy of regiment's corps.”
genericalness
  1. The quality of being generic.
genericism
  1. the state of being generic
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “CELL, ERIC'S TRIP 6/15, EMPTY BOTTLE After DGC Records scooped up New York's Cell on the basis of one single, their tedious debut, Slo-Blo, proved the move premature with its indie-rock genericism.”
generics
  1. plural of generic
  2. (computing) The use of templates etc. to create generic source code that can be used in many situations.
  3. Examples:
    1. “So what I'm asking is, are generics truly equivalent to the brand-name drugs?”
      “Many, it contends, are little more than dubious efforts by brand-name companies looking to prevent competition from generics.”
      “As soon as the patent on an expensive brand-name drug expires, the generics come onto the market.”
generalizabilities
genericizations
generifications
  1. plural of generification
generalizations
  1. plural of generalization
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I find that people have difficulty understanding that broad statistical generalizations don't justify leaping to conclusions about individuals.”
      “These are generalizations, and all generalizations are false, at least part of the time.”
      “Broad generalizations are made to draw conclusions about the historical development of England and Japan.”
generalisations
  1. plural of generalisation
  2. Examples:
    1. “How can we categorise the blogosphere and where do common generalisations fall down or turn into misconceptions?”
      “It would be wise to be wary of predictions and to beware of generalisations.”
      “But care should be taken with generalisations because of the danger of unjustifiably tarring all young people with the same brush.”
generalisers
  1. plural of generaliser
generalships
generalizers
  1. plural of generalizer
generalisms
  1. plural of generalism
generalesses
  1. plural of generaless
generalities
  1. plural of generality
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The frequent use of such abstract generalities is a distinguishing feature of the Goethian style.”
      “Aristotle himself advises us not to spend too much time over these generalities but rather to concentrate on the different functions of the soul.”
      “The brainy part of the movie is best when dealing in generalities, not specifics.”
genericities
generalcies
  1. plural of generalcy
generalties
  1. plural of generalty
generals
  1. plural of general
  2. Examples:
    1. “I have a strong suspicion that generals are always better in the abstract than in reality.”
      “The battle itself was additionally notable because both opposing generals, Wolfe and Montcalm, received mortal wounds.”
      “The generals felt they were about to be robbed of their victory and, worse, their honor.”
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