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overgeneralizer

overgeneralizer noun: one who overgeneralizes.

Noun

overgeneralizer (plural overgeneralizers)

  1. One who overgeneralizes.
    • I could also see that he was an overgeneralizer and a dogmatist, and therefore a poor scientist.2007 July 29, Mary Jo Murphy, “Sex, Love and the Scolding Psychotherapist”, in New York Times

Forms of overgeneralizer

pluralovergeneralizers

Origin of overgeneralizer

From overgeneralize + -er.

Questions about overgeneralizer

What does overgeneralizer mean?
Overgeneralizer means one who overgeneralizes.
What part of speech is overgeneralizer?
Overgeneralizer is a noun.
What is the plural of overgeneralizer?
The plural of overgeneralizer is overgeneralizers.

Words near overgeneralizer in the dictionary

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

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