Meanings
plural generalizabilities · alternative generalisability
- countableuncountableThe quality of being generalizable.
1 more example
As we all are probably now familiar, these [large language] models can generate novel perfectly formed English text, using any construction that you can think of, generalizing in seemingly just the way that humans do[…]. Piantadosi (2024) provides some nice examples of the generalizability of such models, asking one to provide a story of how an ant might sink a battleship.
2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish yleistettävyys
- yleistettävyys1. The quality of being generalizable
German Verallgemeinerbarkeit
- Verallgemeinerbarkeit1. The quality of being generalizable
Cite this entry
generalizability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generalizability
“generalizability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generalizability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “generalizability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generalizability.
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