universal class

American  

noun

Logic.

1. (in the theory of classes) the class that includes all other classes and is composed of all individuals composing these classes.

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universal class British  

noun

1. (in Boolean algebra) the class containing all points and including all other classes

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Example Sentences

In a weird way, this most status-obsessed of conferences is also the best at creating a universal class of status-seekers.

From New York Times • May 4, 2015

We must therefore avoid, after having mentioned a universal class, then, in the same arrangement, to mention along with it any one of its subordinate divisions, as if it were something different and dissimilar.

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Employers are generally separated by jealousy and pride in regard to all but the most universal class interests.

From What Social Classes Owe to Each Other by Sumner, William Graham

When democratic governments need a social group they can address, a universal class that carries the overarching, common interest of the country, they appeal to the middle class.

From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel

But this was a purely modern sort of trickery; the old universal class of useless miracles, said to occur spontaneously, still presents problems of undeniable psychological interest.

From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew