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universalizability

universalizability is the alternative spelling of universalisability.

Meaning of universalisability

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

Questions about universalizability

What is universalizability the alternative spelling of?
Universalizability is the alternative spelling of universalisability.

Words near universalizability in the dictionary

  1. universalistic
  2. universalists
  3. universalities
  4. universality
  5. universality of freefall
  6. universalizability
  7. universalizable
  8. universalization
  9. universalizations
  10. universalize
  11. universalized

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