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generalizability en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English generalizable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English generalizability From generalizable + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being generalizable.
   • As we all are probably now familiar, these [large language] models can generate novel perfectly formed English text, using any construction that you can think of, generalizing in seemingly just the way that humans do[…]. Piantadosi (2024) provides some nice examples of the generalizability of such models, asking one to provide a story of how an ant might sink a battleship. 2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 15:

Forms

Relateds

generalize · general · generic · generation · genus

Translations (4)

fi yleistettävyys (1. The quality of being generalizable) · sh generalizabilnost (1. The quality of being generalizable) · sh poopćivost (1. The quality of being generalizable) · de Verallgemeinerbarkeit (1. The quality of being generalizable)