generalismn.
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rələz(ə)m/ 1. A general statement or conclusion, a generalization; esp. a statement so general as to be meaningless or uninteresting; a platitude, a truism.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > conclusion > in general terms
generalization1794
generalism1809
1809 D. P. Watts Let. 26 Aug., in C. C. Southey Life A. Bell (1844) II. 595 I offer my humble tribute of praise to your individual energy..and real patriotism; but ‘one swallow makes no summer’. I refer to generalisms.
1857 Times 13 Jan. 10/2 If the ballot is worth anything, we should like to have its worth distinctly and unmistakeably pointed out. Mere generalisms do not satisfy us in such a case.
1861 R. F. Burton City of Saints v. 319 He began with generalisms about humility, faithfulness, [etc.].
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 348 I have also gathered together into one chapter as many as possible of his more valuable generalisms.
1922 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 23 Jan. 4/2 His statement was a generalism which he failed to qualify.
1943 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 63 265/2 As a generalism it may be stated that not only all persons who commit suicide are considered to have suffered from agwu, but persons with agwu are likely to destroy themselves.
1992 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 18 Jan. a1 I think it was a generalism. I don't find a problem with what he said at all.
2. The quality, fact, or condition of being general; non-specialist attitude or approach.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > making general > quality or principle of generalizing
generalism1896
1896 Science 24 Apr. 642/2 Generalism is liable to be superficial.
1908 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 260/3 The essays..were, in their day, too good specimens of the best generalism to be of permanent value.
1963 Times 1 May 10/3 The Common Market was encouraging a European particularism..at just the time in history when speedy communications..required a free world generalism.
1968 New Scientist 3 Oct. 31/2 There is a need for a new brand of ‘science-based generalism’.
1997 Canad. Jrnl. Surg. (Nexis) Apr. This further emphasizes the importance of the field of general surgery, which, along with few other specialties, embodies the notion of generalism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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