Usually means: Applying specific rules too broadly.
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  1. overgeneralization: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. overgeneralization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Overgeneralization, overgeneralization: Wordnik
  4. overgeneralization: Wiktionary
  5. overgeneralization: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. overgeneralization: Dictionary.com
  7. Overgeneralization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (overgeneralization)

noun:  (usually uncountable) The act of overgeneralizing.
noun:  (countable) An instance of overgeneralizing.

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