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- noun Plural form of
generalism .
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Examples
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I'd say some word on the writing would be good, but we know GRRM hasn't chosen an episode yet, and past that I'm sure we'd just get generalisms.
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Rather than choosing a candidate that "unites Americans" and offers "hope and solutions," elusive and ethereal generalisms both, many are selecting security and responsibility.
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It cant be just some make shift plan of generalisms and vagueness.
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Perhaps, however, by these generalisms of abuse the sex gains: they prevent personal and individual details; and no society of French gentlemen avoids mentioning in public the name of a woman more scrupulously than do the misogynist Moslems.
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Men's thoughts fly off at a tangent; they are unable to concentrate their minds on any given subject; they are content with hasty generalisms, with short magazine articles on important subjects, which really require large volumes and patient study to elucidate them fully.
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Perhaps, however, by these generalisms of abuse the sex gains: they prevent personal and individual details; and no society of
First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Yet they stand in strikingly refreshing contrast with the vague generalisms and sharp personalities of the day.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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The kid constantly makes generalisms about how American Christians are idiots.
WordPress.com News 2009
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Fear of censorship perhaps led Gao to prefer generalisms and metaphor-the symbolism of that absent bus comes to seem limited and strained.
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Jackass-focused commentary and sweeping generalisms may at times infuriate the overly sensitive soul-there is light at the end of his tunnel.
PopMatters 2009
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