“universal”

Definitions

• adjective

  of worldwide scope or applicability

  Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, worldwide, berkeleianism, geistesgeschichte, hegelianism, kantianism, neoplatonism, platonism, absolute

  • Example:“an issue of cosmopolitan import”
  • Example:“the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time”

• adjective

  applicable to or common to all members of a group or set

  • Example:“The play opened to universal acclaim.”
  • Example:“Rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys.”

• adjective

  adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations

  • Example:“universal wrench”
  • Example:“universal chuck”

• noun

  (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages

  Synonyms: linguistic universal

• noun

  (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class

  Synonyms: universal proposition

  Antonyms: particular

• noun

  a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings

  • Example:“Some form of religion seems to be a human universal.”