universalize

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verb

To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

verbuniversalize (third-person singular simple present universalizes, present participle universalizing, simple past and past participle universalized)

present singular third person universalizes · participle present universalizing · participle past universalized · past universalized · alternative universalise

  1. transitiveTo make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.
  2. transitiveTo consider or depict as universal.
    1 more example

    The first notable issue in Gay by the Bay is that images of white people far outnumber those of people of color. The issue this raises is not about balance, but instead concerns who represents generic "gayness" or "queerness"? Which images are universalized and why? How and why are certain issues represented by particular bodies?

    1996 September, Doreen Drury, “The Gay Capital of the World”, in Gay Community News, page 22

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake universal

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Finnish yleistää
  • yleistääto make universal
Cite this entry
APA

universalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universalize

MLA

“universalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universalize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “universalize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universalize.

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