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Dreyfus Moderate Allocation Fund
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Supplement [Text Block]	ck0000737520_SupplementTextBlock	March 3, 2014 DREYFUS ALLOCATION FUNDS DREYFUS MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND Supplement to Summary and Statutory Prospectuses dated January 1, 2014
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Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	The following supplements the information contained in the funds' summary prospectus under the section entitled "Principal Investment Strategy - Equity Investments - Emerging Markets" and "Fund Summary - Principal Investment Strategy - Equity Investments - Emerging Markets" in the statutory prospectus and "Fund Details - Goal and Approach- Equity Investments - Emerging Markets" in the statutory prospectus:
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	Dreyfus Global Emerging Markets Fund

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Risk/Return Summary Investment Objectives/Goals Include the following information, in plain English under rule 421(d) under the Securities Act, in the order and subject matter indicated

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Principal investment strategies of the Fund. Summarize how the Fund intends to achieve its investment objectives by identifying the Fund's principal investment strategies (including the type or types of securities in which the Fund invests or will invest principally) and any policy to concentrate in securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries.

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