universal


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
universal/juːnɪˈvɜːsl/
adjective relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases.

Logic denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of all of a class.

Contrasted with particular.
noun
  • 1 Logic a universal proposition.
  • 2 Philosophy a term or concept of general application.

    ■ a nature or essence signified by a general term.

– derivatives
universality noun,
universally adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. universalis, from universus (see universe).
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