gross generalization

Frequency: 4.52.1 per million words

an obvious and often offensive oversimplification

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Examples (10)

  • That's a gross generalization, and it ignores important nuances.
  • He made a gross generalization about the causes of the crisis.
  • Calling all millennials lazy is a gross generalization.
  • We should avoid making gross generalizations in scientific papers.
  • Her comment was a gross generalization that offended many people.
  • It's a gross generalization to say that art is useless.
  • Your argument rests on a gross generalization rather than evidence.
  • In hindsight, my tweet was a gross generalization, and I regret it.
  • Journalists should challenge gross generalizations whenever they appear.
  • Don't make gross generalizations about entire cultures based on a few anecdotes.