generalized Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
    extrapolate; generalize; infer; generalise.
  2. verb speak or write in generalities
    generalize; generalise.
  3. verb cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
    popularise; vulgarise; generalise; generalize; vulgarize; popularize.
    • They popularized coffee in Washington State
    • Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
  4. verb become systemic and spread throughout the body
    generalize; generalise.
    • this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system
  5. adjective satellite not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment
    generalised.
    • the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal

WordNet


Gen"er*al*ized adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.

Webster 1913