overgeneralize

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verb

To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

verbovergeneralize (third-person singular simple present overgeneralizes, present participle overgeneralizing, simple past and past participle overgeneralized)

present singular third person overgeneralizes · participle present overgeneralizing · participle past overgeneralized · past overgeneralized

  1. To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.
    1 more example

    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?

    2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdraw too general a conclusion

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Hungarian túláltalánosít
  • túláltalánosítto discuss or regard something in terms that are too general
Cite this entry
APA

overgeneralize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgeneralize

MLA

“overgeneralize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgeneralize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overgeneralize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgeneralize.

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