generalize from (something)

generalize from (something)

To reach a conclusion about someone or something despite a lack of supporting evidence or information. I know you don't like Rosemary, but I think you're just generalizing from your limited interactions with her—I've always known her to be a very sweet woman.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

generalize from something

to assume a general pattern in something from specific observances of something. You can hardly generalize from only two instances. You can't generalize anything from the testimony of a single witness!
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • generalize from
  • come to a conclusion
  • come to a/the conclusion
  • wishcast
  • wishcasting
  • speculate
  • speculate about
  • speculate about (someone or something)
  • speculate in
  • speculate on