Meanings
present singular third person overgeneralizes · participle present overgeneralizing · participle past overgeneralized · past overgeneralized
- 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
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Origin
Translations
Hungarian túláltalánosít
- túláltalánosítto discuss or regard something in terms that are too general
Cite this entry
overgeneralize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgeneralize
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