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universalness

universalness noun: the quality or state of being universal.

Noun

universalness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being universal.
    • There was a beautiful infant in it; and this beautiful infant […] first filled me with the dim thought of Beauty; and equally, and at the same time, with the feeling of the Sadness; of the immortalness and universalness of the Sadness.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
    Synonyms:
    universality

Synonyms of universalness

Origin of universalness

From universal + -ness.

Questions about universalness

What does universalness mean?
Universalness means the quality or state of being universal.
What part of speech is universalness?
Universalness is a noun.

Words near universalness in the dictionary

  1. universalizers
  2. universalizes
  3. universalizing
  4. universally
  5. universally unique identifier
  6. universalness
  7. universals
  8. universanimous
  9. universatility
  10. universe
  11. universe of discourse

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