over-generalisation

Updated: August 11, 2026

But his style is clear and vigorous; the aggressive raiding character of his argument is agreeably stimulating, and excellent to make his readers clear up their minds on the other side; while the dread of over-generalisation, however healthy in itself, has been so long a dominant force in English letters and philosophy that a little excess the other way might be decidedly useful as an alterative.

George Saintsbury - A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)