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universality Definition

uni·ver·sal·ity (yo̵̅o̅′nə vər sal′ə tē)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. quality, state, or instance of being universal
  2. unlimited range, application, occurrence, etc.; comprehensiveness

universality Synonyms

universality

n.

  1. Generality

    predominance, ecumenicity, catholicity, generalization; see generality.

  2. Entirety

    completeness, wholeness, totality; see whole.

universality Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • npt: Late in the process, Egypt submitted an informal paper to MC.III on universality of the NPT.
  • convention: In this connection, the Conference requests states parties to encourage universality of the Convention.
  • principle: All evidence points toward the universality of the feminine principle in human art, society and worship.
  • right: What is meant by the universality of human rights?
  • law: All of history was the result of the universality of law.
  • experience: The universality of experience reflected in Bach's music far transcends his own profound religious faith.

Possessives

treaty: The resolution draws on the Final Document of the 2000 NPT Review Conference, welcoming the efforts undertaken to achieve the treaty's universality.

Converse of object

  • achieve: Any novel about children has the chance to achieve a universality that a novel about adults will struggle to attain.
  • have: Spiritual values have a universality which brings together all involved in mental health care.
  • promote: The FCO has actively been promoting the universality of both the BWC and the CWC.
  • claim: The claimed universality of the UN Declaration on Human Rights is then critically examined.
  • ensure: A universal service remains the basis of our approach but ensuring universality requires an acknowledgment that every family is different.
  • show: Thus, to show universality in Rule 54 would be construct a Turing machine with only four elements.

Adjective modifier

  • great: Music critics have declared him a world class guitar player and composer of a great human universality.
  • intrinsic: Several problems of intrinsic universality and uncomputability in billiard ball model cellular automata are tackled in the chapter as well.
  • abstract: ABSTRACT Universality, rather than partiality, is the characteristic of Confucian jen.
  • hegemonic: In my view, the key concept in Laclau's recent work is hegemonic universality.
  • near: This could be seen with the near universality of broadband yet people were not taking up the service.

Modifies a noun

  • class: More generally, there is the " universality class " assumption ( Abbott, 1990 ) upon which neural net research is implicitly based.
  • principle: As more benefits then become means tested and discretionary, the universality principle becomes eroded.