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Meanings of universality in English

Portuguese
universalidade
Spanish
universalidad

Idea that universal facts exist and can be progressively discovered, as opposed to relativism.

universalidade
Portuguese
universalidade
Catalan
universalitat
Spanish
universalidad

The quality of being universal; existing everywhere.

universalidade
Synonyms
Examples for "catholicity"
Examples for "catholicity"
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The author believes that the spirit of Lutheranism is that of catholicity.
The Lutherans of New York / Their Story and Their Problems
2
Ludovic Morlot shows catholicity of taste in this disc of American music.
The Irish Times
3
There is still another system which has shown some tendencies toward catholicity.
Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
4
A more serious defect, however, was his lack of catholicity of judgment.
Sidney Lanier
5
But the actor of long ago thought nothing of such catholicity in art.
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield
Usage of universality in English
1
What better proof do you need of the universality of physical law?
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
2
And the cross is the sign of universality in time and space.
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
3
The greatness of a poet lies in the universality of his sympathies.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida / Selected from the Works of Ou...
4
The first song startled me with the universality of its simple expression.
Soldier Silhouettes on Our Front
5
Sir, - The universality of story is indeed embedded in all cultures.
The Irish Times
6
The universality of the Gospel is overflowing the banks of Jewish narrowness.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
7
Fascism has now attained in the world an universality over all doctrines.
Readings on Fascism and National Socialism / Selected by members...
8
Such universality allowed people to project on to it whatever they wished.
The Guardian
9
The fourth test of good questioning is the universality of its appeal.
How to Teach
10
The same universality may be predicated likewise for the Law of life.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World
11
He bore eloquent testimony to the universality of the great sign language.
The Rising of the Red Man / A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellio...
12
Burke approached the idea, but he seemed not to comprehend its universality.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
13
The universality of the muse provides a wide-range of views on Cloaca.
Wired
14
The germ of a new 'universality' would not be wanting in it.
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded
15
Without losing their national characteristics, they possess the happy gift of universality.
Serge Panine — Volume 01
16
Sentiments of such universality and depth must have been common to all.
Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.
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Translations for universality
Universality through the time
Universality across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common