universality
[yoo-nuh-ver-sal-i-tee]
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Origin of universality
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acclaim, acceptance, reputation, demand, following, fame, pervasiveness, generalization, adoration, fashion, favor, regard, prevalence, currency, renown, esteem, approval, repute, idolization, heydayExamples from the Web for universality
Contemporary Examples
Rather, the universality of Barcelona lies in the common experience shared by all Americans who spend time abroad.
Whit Stillman on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Barcelona’, His New Amazon Series, and the Myth of the Ugly ExpatMichael Weiss
August 10, 2014
The creative team behind Looking, though, is certainly aware that the expectation for universality exists.
By delving into her own experience, Carucci was able to examine more deeply the universality of motherhood.
With Kamala Khan, Marvel is smashing the tired stereotype by showing the universality of issues that plague teenagers.
One such function is the Universal Periodic Review, and the universality is right there in the name.
Historical Examples
It is the distinctiveness, not the universality of the truth, which renders it important.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)John Ruskin
True knowledge is a whole, and is at rest; consistency and universality are the tests of truth.
The RepublicPlato
We hide this universality if we can, but it appears at all points.
Essays, Second SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
Let into it the new and renewing principle of love, and property will be universality.
Essays, Second SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
Does not the universality of the law imply a universal cause?
Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. IHerbert Spencer
universality
- the state or quality of being universal
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Word Origin and History for universality
n.
late 14c., from Old French universaliteit (14c.) or directly from Late Latin universalitas, from Latin universalis (see universal).
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