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Inflections of 'overgeneralize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

overgeneralizes: v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

overgeneralizing: v pres p (US & UK)

overgeneralized: v past (US & UK)

overgeneralized: v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

o•ver•gen•er•al•ize v.i., v.t., -ized, -iz•ing.

Linguisticsto generalize beyond appropriate or justified limits.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] o′ver•gen′er•al•ise′.

over- + generalize

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