Definition & Meaning | English word OVERGENERALIZATION

Definitions of OVERGENERALIZATION

1. (usually, uncountable) The act of overgeneralizing.
2. (countable) An instance of overgeneralizing.

Examples of Using OVERGENERALIZATION in a Sentence

• Cognitive restructuring (CR) is a psychotherapeutic process of learning to identify and dispute irrational or maladaptive thoughts known as cognitive distortions, such as all-or-nothing thinking (splitting), magical thinking, overgeneralization, magnification, and emotional reasoning, which are commonly associated with many mental health disorders.
• Most of the book examines studies conducted on the form and frequency of grammatical errors (such as overgeneralization in past-tense formation) in English (and to a lesser extent in German) as well as the speech of brain-damaged persons with selective aphasia.
• Unlike erroneous overgeneralizing of grammatical rules, it has been found that such instances of overgeneralization in the process of nativization are an extension of processes that are found in well-established varieties of English.
• This maladaptation is often referred to as the overgeneralization of fear and can also lead to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder.

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