sweeping generalizations

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• sweeping — sweep|ing [ˈswi:pıŋ] adj 1.) affecting many things, or making an important difference to something sweeping changes/cuts/reforms etc ▪ They want to make sweeping changes to education policies. 2.) [only before noun] including a lot of information …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sweeping — adjective 1 affecting many things, or making a big difference to things: sweeping changes/cuts etc: sweeping changes that mean job cuts in every department | sweeping proposals 2 lacking knowledge of or consideration for facts or details:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sweeping — sweep|ing [ swipıŋ ] adjective 1. ) a sweeping change or development has a major effect: He proposed sweeping changes to the business. 2. ) not based on specific facts or details and therefore not completely accurate or fair: sweeping… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sweeping — UK [ˈswiːpɪŋ] / US [ˈswɪpɪŋ] adjective 1) a sweeping change or development has a major effect 2) not based on specific facts or details and therefore not completely accurate or fair sweeping conclusions/generalizations/proposals 3) with a wide… …   English dictionary

• generalization — also isation BrE noun 1 (C) a general statement or opinion that is only partly true because it is based on only a few cases or incomplete knowledge: You re making too many generalizations about an issue that you don t really understand. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• generalization — UK [ˌdʒen(ə)rəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌdʒen(ə)rəlɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms generalization : singular generalization plural generalizations a) a statement that is true in most situations We can draw some interesting… …   English dictionary

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• generalization — gen|er|al|i|za|tion [ ,dʒen(ə)rəlı zeıʃn ] noun count or uncount a statement that is true in most situations: We can draw some interesting generalizations from this data. a. a statement that seems to be true in most situations but is based on too …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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