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universalize
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u·ni·ver·sal·ize  (yn-vûrs-lz)
tr.v. u·ni·ver·sal·ized, u·ni·ver·sal·iz·ing, u·ni·ver·sal·iz·es
To make universal; generalize.

uni·versal·i·zation (-s-l-zshn) n.

universalize, universalise [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəˌlaɪz]
vb
(tr) to make universal
universalization , universalisation n
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Verb1.universalize - make universal; "This author's stories universalize old themes"
extrapolate, generalize, infer, generalise - draw from specific cases for more general cases
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universalize [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəlaɪz] VTuniversalizar


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I thought, I can't keep talking about the 159 bus to Streatham or chocolate HobNobs, so I started universalising it so people anywhere could understand it.
Given its territorial confinement, the State cannot serve the project of universalising Islam, unless it be governed by religious leaders, whose magisterium and power are extra-territorial.
Bradshaw, using the research of developmental psychologist Jean Piaget, states that children interpret life events by absolutising, being non-logical, egocentric, universalising and detailing (Bradshaw, 1995:23-24).
 
 
 
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