Meanings
present singular third person universalizes · participle present universalizing · participle past universalized · past universalized · alternative universalise
- transitiveTo make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.
- 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish yleistää
- yleistääto make universal
Cite this entry
universalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universalize
“universalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universalize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “universalize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universalize.
Source: universalize on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.