Home › Words › O › overgeneralizeovergeneralizeovergeneralize · verb — to discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom over- + generalize.verbTo discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).