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universality

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u·ni·ver·sal·i·ty  (yn-vr-sl-t)
n. pl. u·ni·ver·sal·i·ties
1. The quality, fact, or condition of being universal.
2. Universal inclusiveness in scope or range, especially great or unbounded versatility of the mind.
universality [ˌjuːnɪvɜːˈsælɪtɪ]
n
the state or quality of being universal
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.universalityuniversality - the quality of being universal; existing everywhere
catholicity
generality - the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
universality
noun comprehensiveness, generalization, generality, totality, completeness, ubiquity, all-inclusiveness The vignettes have a universality that makes them irresistible.
Translations
universality [ˌjuːnɪvɜːˈsælɪtɪ] N → universalidad f
universality
n → Universalität f; (of person also) → Vielseitigkeit f; (= prevalence also) → allgemeine Verbreitung; (= general applicability) → Allgemeingültigkeit f


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As the supreme perfection and universality of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" cast into oblivion whatever pre-Homeric poets had essayed, so these same qualities exercised a paralysing influence over the successors of Homer.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
By the universal, I mean how a person of a certain type will on occasion speak or act, according to the law of probability or necessity; and it is this universality at which poetry aims in the names she attaches to the personages.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Beyond this universality of the symbolic language, we are apprised of the divineness of this superior use of things, whereby the world is a temple whose walls are covered with emblems, pictures, and commandments of the Deity,--in this, that there is no fact in nature which does not carry the whole sense of nature; and the distinctions which we make in events and in affairs, of low and high, honest and base, disappear when nature is used as a symbol.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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