Universality
[,juːnɪvɜː'sælətɪ] or [,jʊnəvɝ'sæləti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge.
Editor: Murdoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Generality, catholicity, unlimited application.
Edited by Hilda
Examples
- The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The church, in comparison with its later state, was more in the hands of local laymen and the local ruler; it lacked its later universality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As early as the fifteenth century we have much evidence of the universality of the game all over southern Europe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- True knowledge is a whole, and is at rest; consistency and universality are the tests of truth. Plato. The Republic.
Editor: Monica