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universalisability

universalisability noun: the quality (as of a rule) of being able to be applied universally; that is, to any given situation with no exceptions.

Noun

universalisability (uncountable)

  1. The quality (as of a rule) of being able to be applied universally; that is, to any given situation with no exceptions.
    • Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.1964, Timothy L. S. Sprigge, “Definition of a Moral Judgment”, in Philosophy, volume 39, number 150, page 306

Forms of universalisability

alternative formuniversalizability

Origin of universalisability

c. 1950 universalisable + -ity

Questions about universalisability

What does universalisability mean?
Universalisability means the quality (as of a rule) of being able to be applied universally; that is, to any given situation with no exceptions.
What part of speech is universalisability?
Universalisability is a noun.

Words near universalisability in the dictionary

  1. universal veil
  2. universal veils
  3. Universalglot
  4. Universalian
  5. Universalians
  6. universalisability
  7. universalisable
  8. universalisation
  9. universalisations
  10. universalise
  11. universalised

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