ALL meanings of overgeneralization
o·ver·gen·er·al·i·za·tion
O o - noun overgeneralization the act or process of overgeneralizing. 1
- noun overgeneralization the result of overgeneralizing. 1
- noun overgeneralization Linguistics. (in language acquisition) the process of extending the application of a rule to items that are excluded from it in the language norm, as when a child uses the regular past tense verb ending -ed of forms like I walked to produce forms like *I goed or *I rided. 1