universal truth
Fact everywhere accepted
A universal truth is a statement or principle held to be valid across all times, places, and cultures.
Philosophy and religion often claim universal truths about morality, existence, or human nature: Death is a universal truth.
The phrase can sound grandiose or be used ironically: Here's a universal truth—nobody actually reads the terms of service.
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
higher power · thermodynamics · epistemology · justice · nirvana · yin-yang · absolutism · collective unconscious · first principles · perennial philosophy · ontology · creation myths · fairness · common ground · evolution · essence · categorical imperative · archetype
- folk wisdomproverb, folklore, folk sayings, saying, proverbs
- truthstruths, facts, fact, reality, verity
- cosmic spiritualityenlightenment, awakening, third eye, astral projection, astral travel
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- impossibilitiessquare circle, squared circle, perpetual motion, dividing by zero, logical paradox
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
universal truthfalsehood
Deliberate untrue statement
lie · misconception · error · myth · delusion
universal truthmatter of opinion
cultural relativism · social construct · point of view · value judgment