overgeneralise

• Verbe désignant le fait de formuler une affirmation ou une conclusion trop large ou applicable à un trop grand nombre de cas, souvent en ignorant les différences spécifiques.

A verb used to indicate the act of making a statement or conclusion that is too broad or applies to too many cases, often ignoring specific differences.

1. Draw too general a conclusionC1formal

   To make a statement or conclusion that is too broad based on limited evidence or examples.

   Tirer une conclusion trop générale

   • It is easy to overgeneralise about a culture after visiting only one city.
   • The researcher warned against overgeneralising the results from a small sample.
   • People often overgeneralise based on a single negative experience.

   Synonymesgeneralizeoversimplifystereotypesweep

   Antonymesparticularizequalifyspecify