overgeneralize
English
Etymology
over- + generalize
Verb
overgeneralize (third-person singular simple present overgeneralizes, present participle overgeneralizing, simple past and past participle overgeneralized)
- To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.
- 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times:
- And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?
Translations
to discuss or regard something in terms that are too general
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