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A type of fallacy from making an inductive conclusion with insufficient evidence; a kind of faulty generalization; underpowered generalization

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blanket statement

Source Word

blanket statement

Noun

A type of fallacy from making an inductive conclusion with insufficient evidence; a kind of faulty generalization; underpowered generalization

Japanese Meaning

十分な根拠に欠けた状態で全体を一括して断定する、誤った一般化の主張 / 部分的な事例に基づき、全体を一様に扱う誤謬の一種 / 例外や多様性を無視し、極端に簡略化した結論を導く表現

Calling every teenager lazy based on a few noisy cases is a blanket statement that overlooks individual differences.

ごく一部の目立つ例だけを根拠に十代の若者を全て怠け者だと決めつけるのは、個人差を無視した一概的な断定だ。

Sense（1）

A type of fallacy from making an inductive conclusion with insufficient evidence; a kind of faulty generalization; underpowered generalization

Sense（2）

A sentence wherein one wrongly assumes that one truth applies to a vast set of possibilities

blanket statements

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