overgeneralize
verb[I]
(alsoover-generalize,over-generalise);(UKusuallyovergeneralise)uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈdʒen.ər.əl.aɪz/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈdʒen.ər.əl.aɪz/to say or write that something istrueall of thetime, when it is onlytruesome of thetime:
It'simportantnot to overgeneralizeaboutpeoplein thisagegroup.
I reallybelievehetendsto overgeneralise in thisarticle.
- Most of thepointsshe makes aretrue, but hermainproblemis that shetendsto overgeneralize.
- Theirargumentsseemto overgeneralise about thescience, usingbroadwords like "chemicals" and "poison".
- I don'twantto overgeneralise, but most of theadvertswerelackingincontentand newinformation.
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- anti-reductionist
- broad brush
- broaden
- enlarge
- enlarge on/uponsomething
- expand
- expand onsomething
- expansively
- over-elaboration
- overgeneralization
- oversimplification
- oversimplify
- predigested
- specificity
- specify
- split hairsidiom
- standardization
- standardize