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universalise

universalise is the alternative spelling of universalize.

Meaning of universalize

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.
  2. (transitive) To consider or depict as universal.
    • 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...1996 September, Doreen Drury, “The Gay Capital of the World”, in Gay Community News, page 22

Forms of universalise

third-person singular presentuniversalises
present participleuniversalising
past participleuniversalised
pastuniversalised

Origin of universalise

From universal + -ise.

Words formed from universalise

Questions about universalise

What is universalise the alternative spelling of?
Universalise is the alternative spelling of universalize.

Words near universalise in the dictionary

  1. Universalians
  2. universalisability
  3. universalisable
  4. universalisation
  5. universalisations
  6. universalise
  7. universalised
  8. universalises
  9. universalising
  10. universalism
  11. universalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: universalise (page history and authors); universalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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