overgeneralizer

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noun

One who overgeneralizes.

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Meanings

nounovergeneralizer (plural overgeneralizers)

plural overgeneralizers

  1. One who overgeneralizes.

    I could also see that he was an overgeneralizer and a dogmatist, and therefore a poor scientist.

    2007 July 29, Mary Jo Murphy, “Sex, Love and the Scolding Psychotherapist”, in New York Times

Origin

From overgeneralize + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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