Definition of universal

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Universal (a.) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient..

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Versal :: Versal (a.) Universal.
Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..
Universalizing :: Universalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Universaliz.
Omnify :: Omnify (v. t.) To render universal; to enlarge.
Universalist :: Universalist (n.) One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions.
Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry..
Pantochronometer :: Pantochronometer (n.) An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial..
Diacatholicon :: Diacatholicon (n.) A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary.
Subalternate :: Subalternant (n.) A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2..
Universal :: Universal (n.) The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.
Yoga :: Yoga (n.) A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties..
Pantology :: Pantology (n.) A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.
Catholicism :: Catholicism (n.) The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.
Realism :: Realism (n.) As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle)..
Universalize :: Universalize (v. t.) To make universal; to generalize.
Azoth :: Azoth (n.) The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
Subalternating :: Subalternate (n.) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2..
Pyrrhonism :: Pyrrhonism (n.) Skepticism; universal doubt.
Plebiscite :: Plebiscite (n.) A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791..
"alkahest :: Alkahest (n.) The fabled universal solvent of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies..
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