universalize

English

Alternative forms

• universalise

Etymology

From universal +‎ -ize.

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.
   • 1996 September, Doreen Drury, “The Gay Capital of the World”, in Gay Community News, page 22:

     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 represented by particular bodies?

Derived terms

• universalizable

Translations

to make universal

• Finnish: yleistää (fi)

Portuguese

Verb

universalize

1. inflection of universalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative