MEANING
To draw a broad conclusion from evidence that supports only a narrower one.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- overgeneralize from a sample
- overgeneralize a finding
On the page
The report overgeneralizes from a single district.
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- overgeneralize
- Past tense
- overgeneralized
- Past participle
- overgeneralized
- Present participle
- overgeneralizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- overgeneralize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are overgeneralizing
- Present perfect
- have/has overgeneralized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been overgeneralizing
- Past
- overgeneralized
- Past continuous
- was/were overgeneralizing
- Past perfect
- had overgeneralized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been overgeneralizing
- Future
- will overgeneralize
- Future continuous
- will be overgeneralizing
- Future perfect
- will have overgeneralized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been overgeneralizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: overgeneralize; overgeneralizes; overgeneralized; overgeneralized; overgeneralizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: overgeneralizes.
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