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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being generalized, or brought under a general rule, or referred to a particular class or genus. Also spelled generalisable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.

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  • adjective Capable of being generalized.

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Examples

  • "If what we are seeing is even close to generalizable, that is a lot of excess children," said Dr. Rachel P.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • "If what we are seeing is even close to generalizable, that is a lot of excess children," said Rachel Berger, a child abuse expert at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, who co-authored the study.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • "If what we are seeing is even close to generalizable, that is a lot of excess children," said Dr. Rachel P.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • "If what we are seeing is even close to generalizable, that is a lot of excess children," said Dr. Rachel P.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • "If what we are seeing is even close to generalizable, that is a lot of excess children," said Rachel Berger, a child abuse expert at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, who co-authored the study.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • "If what we are seeing is even close to generalizable, that is a lot of excess children," said Dr. Rachel P.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • "If what we are seeing is even close to generalizable, that is a lot of excess children," said Rachel Berger, a child abuse expert at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, who co-authored the study.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • If I were more musically knowledgeable, I would try to make an argument about the difference 20 years or so makes for pop music, Black women, and cars, but I don't think I can manage it, at least on any kind of generalizable terms.

    A Few Cultural Notes Becca 2009

  • If I were more musically knowledgeable, I would try to make an argument about the difference 20 years or so makes for pop music, Black women, and cars, but I don't think I can manage it, at least on any kind of generalizable terms.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Becca 2009

  • "generalizable" Judgments should apply to like cases and not be case-specific or subjective

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