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universalized

universalized is the simple past and past participle 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 universalized

alternative formuniversalised

Questions about universalized

What is universalized the simple past and past participle of?
Universalized is the simple past and past participle of universalize.

Words near universalized in the dictionary

  1. universalizability
  2. universalizable
  3. universalization
  4. universalizations
  5. universalize
  6. universalized
  7. universalizer
  8. universalizers
  9. universalizes
  10. universalizing
  11. universally

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