generalised
- Adjective:
- Not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment: Describes an organism or structure that is not highly specialized, retaining a more basic or ancestral form that can serve multiple purposes.
- Made general, widespread, or non-specific: Refers to something that has been broadened in application, scope, or meaning, often by removing specific details.
- Adjective:
- The hedgehog is considered a primitive and generalised mammal.
- The patient presented with generalised pain throughout the body.
- The theory started as a specific case but later became a generalised principle.
"Generalised anxiety disorder": A psychological condition characterized by chronic, excessive worry that is not focused on any single threat.
- She was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder.
In mathematics/statistics: To derive a broader rule or theorem from specific cases.
- The formula was generalised to apply to all polynomial equations.
Generalize (verb): To make a general or broad statement by inferring from specific cases; to make more widespread or common.
- It is dangerous to generalize about an entire group from one example.
Generalization (noun): A general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases.
- His argument was based on a sweeping generalization.
General (adjective): Involving or applicable to all or most members, cases, or things; not specific or detailed.
- Broad: Covering a wide scope; not limited or narrow.
- Widespread: Found or distributed over a large area or among many people.
- Non-specific: Not detailed, exact, or limited to a particular thing.
- Specialized: Designed or developed for a particular purpose or area.
- Specific: Clearly defined or identified; precise.
- Localized: Restricted to a particular place or part.
To generalize from: To form a general principle or opinion based on (a limited set of instances).
- You cannot generalize from such a small sample size.
Generalised other: (Sociology) The general notion that a person has of the common expectations of others within their society.
- Children develop a sense of the generalised other through social interaction.
- not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment
- the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal