Meanings
noununiversality (countable and uncountable, plural universalities)
plural universalities
- countableuncountablethe property of being universal, common to all members of a class
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being universal; existing everywhere
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinuniversalitas
- Middle Frenchuniversalité
- Middle Englishuniversalite
- Englishuniversality
From Middle English universalite, from Middle French universalité, from Old French, from Late Latin universalitas. By surface analysis, universal + -ity.
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan universalitat
- universalitatthe property of being universal
Chinese Mandarin 普遍性
- 普遍性 (pǔbiànxìng)the property of being universal
Czech univerzálnost
- univerzálnostthe property of being universal
Danish universalitet
- universalitetthe property of being universal
Finnish yleismaailmallisuus, universaalisuus
- yleismaailmallisuusthe property of being universal
- universaalisuusthe property of being universal
French universalité
- universalitéthe property of being universal
German Allgemeingültigkeit, Allgemeinheit
- Allgemeingültigkeitthe property of being universal
- Allgemeinheitthe property of being universal
- Universalitätthe property of being universal
- Katholizitätthe property of being universal
Greek καθολικότητα
- καθολικότητα (katholikótita)the property of being universal
Hungarian egyetemesség
- egyetemességthe property of being universal
Italian universalità
- universalitàthe property of being universal
Malay kesejagatan, keuniversalan
- kesejagatanthe property of being universal
- keuniversalanthe property of being universal
- universalitetthe property of being universal
Norwegian Bokmål universalitet
- universalitetthe property of being universal
Polish uniwersalność
- uniwersalnośćthe property of being universal
Russian всемирность, всео́бщность
- всемирность (vsemirnostʹ)the property of being universal
- всео́бщность (vseóbščnostʹ)the property of being universal
- универса́льность (universálʹnostʹ)the property of being universal
Spanish universalidad
- universalidadthe property of being universal
Swedish universalitet
- universalitetthe property of being universal
Ukrainian універса́льність
- універса́льність (universálʹnistʹ)the property of being universal
Cite this entry
APA
universality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universality
MLA
“universality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universality. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “universality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universality.
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