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noun Logic, Philosophy.

a procedure for arriving at empirical generalizations by haphazard accumulation of positive instances.

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How to use simple enumeration in a sentence

In this case we proceed by simple generalization or simple enumeration.
The Art of Logical Thinking|William Walker Atkinson
Their simple enumeration is an argument against this pretension.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume X (of 20)|Charles Sumner
It is true that in the course of our observations we do perform an induction by simple enumeration.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive|William Minto
In the preceding example, synonymous parallelism passes into simple enumeration.
Companion to the Bible|E. P. Barrows

I shall, therefore, content myself with giving little more than a simple enumeration of their names.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)|John Knox