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overgeneralized

overgeneralized is the simple past and past participle of overgeneralize.

Meaning of overgeneralize

Verb

overgeneralize (third-person singular simple present overgeneralizes, present participle overgeneralizing, simple past and past participle overgeneralized)

  1. To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.
    • And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I...2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times

Questions about overgeneralized

What is overgeneralized the simple past and past participle of?
Overgeneralized is the simple past and past participle of overgeneralize.

Words near overgeneralized in the dictionary

  1. overgeneralising
  2. overgenerality
  3. overgeneralization
  4. overgeneralizations
  5. overgeneralize
  6. overgeneralized
  7. overgeneralizer
  8. overgeneralizers
  9. overgeneralizes
  10. overgeneralizing
  11. overgenerally

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