Overgeneralizes

Word OVERGENERALIZES
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Definitions and meanings of "Overgeneralizes"

What do we mean by overgeneralizes?

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

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The word "overgeneralizes" in example sentences

But I do think she overgeneralizes Stevens's reference to the "scholar, separately dwelling," who "Poured forth the fine fins, the gawky beaks, the personalia,/Which, as a man feeling everything, were his" to mean the academic scholar of the sort we find in American universities. ❋ Unknown (2009)

McCarthy overgeneralizes in his description of the "Democratic Leadership" as consisting of something other than "conventional politicians." ❋ James Taranto (2010)

He always overgeneralizes and hallucinates about non-existent Fundamentalism. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2009)

Along the way, Mr. Kessler offers advice that overgeneralizes from his own troubled relationship with food. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think Shannon makes a valid point about stereotypes of Black women and how they affect IRs, but I think she overgeneralizes about how this affects interracial relationships. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Monckton as he seems wont to do overgeneralizes his statements to the point of being incorrect, often conflating two clearly different statments. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It naturally overgeneralizes to some extent, but I found it to be an incisive and amusing read. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"Mexican migrants take jobs in the United States that not even blacks want," was a gaffe in the sense that it broadly states an unpleasant truth, but overgeneralizes excessively and paints all members of a group with the same negative brush. ❋ Ann Althouse (2005)

Later, citing a study showing that the widely used asthma drug albuterol is 7 percent less effective in Puerto Ricans than in Mexicans, he overgeneralizes the results and dismisses the drug as "effective on whites but not on many Hispanics" because of genetic differences. ❋ By DARSHAK SANGHAVI (2009)

He combines banal observations, dressed up as scientific insights and revelations of corporate misdeeds, with presumptuous advice that overgeneralizes from his own troubled relationship with food. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The plain and simple truth is that the man frequently makes comments which globally criticize gays, women, and minorities as a group rather than specifically criticizing individuals within those groups with whom he doesn’t agree — and at least to my way of thinking, there is only one word which describes someone who overgeneralizes the faults of individuals within the group to ridicule the entire group. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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