hasty generalization
/ˌheɪsti ˌdʒenərəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
drawing broad conclusions from limited examples
hasty generalization in a sentence
“Meeting one rude person from a city and judging all residents is a hasty generalization.”
Origin of hasty generalization
Old French haste haste + Latin generalizare to make general from genus kind, race
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