Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Biology Not specifically adapted to a particular environment or function; not specialized.
- adjective Generally prevalent.
- adjective Involving an entire organ.
- adjective Spreading through or affecting the entire body; not localized.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Specifically, in biology, common or primitive, as a structure or organism; representing or held to represent a broad or general type of form; synthetic; undifferentiated: the opposite of
specialized : as, a lucernarian is or represents a generalized type of hydrozoans; some fossil mammals had a generalized dental formula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Made more
general , less specialized. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
generalize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment
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Examples
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A major reason for presenting an exhaustive review of the Inuit economy in Nunavut is to dispel the commonly held view that the Inuit traditional economy can be summed up by the term generalized reciprocity.
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"Today I introduced a new bill that would suspend what we call the generalized system of preferences."
Blisstree 2009
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She's highly skilled in generalized answers - keeping herself above the fray.
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In fact, the prevalence was 2.1 percent in these 23 cities, much higher than what we usually term a generalized epidemic, which is one percent.
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Chronic persistent anxiety neurosis is known as generalized anxiety disorder.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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In fact, the prevalence was 2.1 percent in these 23 cities, much higher than what we usually term a generalized epidemic, which is one percent.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Through mid-July, CMAG, which uses automated capture technologies to monitor the airwaves, identified $9.7 million supporting Obama’s recently unveiled health care plan, $4.7 million opposing it, and $19.7 million more in generalized spending by groups staking out positions either before Obama detailed his plan or not directly supporting or opposing it.
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The sector under my control in the Department of Nephrology specialized in so-called "systemic" disease, or disease characterized by generalized abnormalities of the immune system.
Michel D. Kazatchkine: The 30-Year Fight Against AIDS and for Patient Rights Michel D. Kazatchkine 2011
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The sector under my control in the Department of Nephrology specialized in so-called "systemic" disease, or disease characterized by generalized abnormalities of the immune system.
Michel D. Kazatchkine: The 30-Year Fight Against AIDS and for Patient Rights Michel D. Kazatchkine 2011
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The sector under my control in the Department of Nephrology specialized in so-called "systemic" disease, or disease characterized by generalized abnormalities of the immune system.
Michel D. Kazatchkine: The 30-Year Fight Against AIDS and for Patient Rights Michel D. Kazatchkine 2011
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