Generalizes

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  • verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of generalize.
  • Word Usage
    "To the extent that we suggest and infer meaning in countless non-verbal modes of expression, a hermeneutics that takes verbal communication as the definitive case of evoking and apprehending meaning inappropriately generalizes from the most formalized and unusual sphere of meaning-making to the more common and less specific spheres."
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