MistakenExtrapolation

Last edit November 22, 2014
Not all properties of an object can be extrapolated to an arbitrarily chosen superset. If something is extrapolated beyond its scope, it's a mistaken extrapolation.

Don't you mean generalisation, rather than extrapolation?
  • Extrapolation is extending some series of measurements into an area not yet measured.
  • Generalisation is applying something from a specific area to a wider area - which fits your definition above)

There are two sides to this coin: See: UnderestimatingSlope