Meaning of overgeneralize | Babel Free
Definitions
To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.
Equivalents
Suomi
vetää mutkat suoriksi
Examples
“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 want⟳ to replace⟳ it with another one?”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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