Universalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Universalize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.
Meaning
(transitive) To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To consider or depict as universal.
Example Sentences
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?
Word Forms
- universalizes
- universalizing
- universalized
- universalise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include popularize, generalize, generalise, circulate, universal, universalise.
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