universality
Applies to everyone
Universality is the quality of applying everywhere, to everyone, or in all cases.
A principle with universality holds across all contexts: The universality of human rights means they apply regardless of nationality.
The term appears in philosophy, law, and science to describe truths or standards that transcend particular circumstances.
Something lacking universality applies only in specific situations or to certain groups.
Extending across Earth
- globalRelating to entire world
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- transnationalCrossing country lines
intercontinental · planetary · comprehensive · all-encompassing · encompassing · holistic · totality · widespread
In all places
- omnipresentExisting everywhere at once
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable
- prevalentCommonly occurring, widespread
commonplace · widespread · abundant · permeating · diffuse · extensive · saturating · rife
State of varied elements
- equalitySame status for all
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- unityWholeness through cohesion
accessibility · pluralism · multiculturalism · openness · egalitarianism · interconnectedness · solidarity · representation
Lasting without end
- infiniteHaving no bounds
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- limitlessWithout any boundaries
- cosmicPertaining to the universe
timeless · everlasting · perpetual · endless · immutable · unchanging · fundamental · primordial
worldwide
Extending across Earth
- globalRelating to entire world
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
transnational · intercontinental · planetary · comprehensive · all-encompassing · encompassing · holistic · totality · widespread · pervasive
everywhere
In all places
- omnipresentExisting everywhere at once
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable
prevalent · commonplace · widespread · abundant · permeating · diffuse · extensive · saturating · rife · endemic
diversity
State of varied elements
- equalitySame status for all
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
unity · accessibility · pluralism · multiculturalism · openness · egalitarianism · interconnectedness · solidarity · representation · belonging
eternal
Lasting without end
cosmic · timeless · everlasting · perpetual · endless · immutable · unchanging · fundamental · primordial · absolute
principle
Fundamental truth or standard
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
category · concept · ontology · metaphysics · truth · being · existence · nature · phenomenon · type
- totalityall, entirety, everything, whole, totality
- Renaissance idealshumanism, human dignity, human potential, liberal arts, classical revival
- Kantian ethicscategorical imperative, Kant, moral law, good will, practical reason
- random matricesrepulsion
- abstract conceptsparadox, emotions, justice, truth, beauty
- principlesprinciple, ethics, tenet, morals, axiom
universalityparticularity
Specific distinguishing feature
locality · localism · parochialism · regionalism · provincialism
universalityspecificity
Exactness of detail
particularity · peculiarity · idiosyncrasy · uniqueness · distinctiveness
universalityvariability
Tendency to change
diversity · heterogeneity · relativism · cultural relativism · pluralism
universalize, universalism, universalized, universalizing, universalizes, universalities, universalization