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“Generalizations” or “Generalisations”

Language

Generalizations and generalisations are both English terms.

Usage

Generalizations is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while generalisations is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available):

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
generalizations 100 34 82 100 100 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
generalisations 0 66 18 0 0 79 0 0 100 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "generalizations" over "generalisations" (100 to 0).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 66 to 34 preference for "generalisations" over "generalizations".
  • In India, there is a preference for "generalizations" over "generalisations" (82 to 18).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "generalizations" over "generalisations" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "generalizations" over "generalisations" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a 79 to 21 preference for "generalisations" over "generalizations".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "generalizations" and "generalisations".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "generalizations" and "generalisations".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "generalisations" over "generalizations".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "generalizations" and "generalisations".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "generalizations" and "generalisations".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "generalizations" and "generalisations".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use generalizations or generalisations with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “generalizations”

  • A challenge in such generalizations is that, in general, it…
  • …this: it attempts to formulate generalizations about sound change that are…
  • …was unafraid to make strong generalizations about the music he studied;
  • …that is consistent with multiple generalizations.
  • …of evidence, for making sweeping generalizations about the behavior of millennials,…
  • …of the coupling coefficient are generalizations or refinements of preceding definitions.
  • Garvan's thesis, Generalizations of Dyson's rank, concerned the…
  • …opposition to labels, stereotypes and generalizations.
  • …models can be seen as generalizations of linear models (in particular,…
  • …there are many widely held generalizations and stereotypes that are only…

Examples of “generalisations”

  • …length 3 together with other generalisations (A062204, A062205) for applications in…
  • …associated Besov-distributed random variables are generalisations of the notions of Gaussian…
  • …findings do not support Bowlby’s generalisations about the responses of young…
  • …functions can be considered as generalisations of geometric series, whence the…
  • In later papers he made generalisations to multiport networks.
  • …the profession considered a sweeping generalisations without evidence stating:
  • This presentation leads to generalisations of braid groups called Artin
  • …heavily on anecdotes and faulty generalisations.
  • Hicks’s generalisations of Keynes’s theory
  • Generalisations


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