universalistic

Examples

• All

• "An overarching, universalistic, inclusive constitution is not possible."

  Academic text (2008)

• The idea of universalistic education aims to provide equal opportunities to all students, regardless of their background.

• Notice that both principles have a universalistic thrust, though in different ways.

  Academic text (1990)

• Otherwise, the universalistic claims of such theories become suspect.

  Academic text (1997)

• Formal means-testing would constitute the most severe retrenchment and would be a direct attack on universalistic principles.

  Academic text (1991)

• There are the universalistic accents of the Enlightenment, thought to have resonated especially widely and deeply in the American context.

  Academic text (1998)

• The ethical analysis assumes, as it were, a standardized atomized subject to whose interests a universalistic set of moral principles may be applied.

  Academic text (1991)

• Expounders of Christian and Islamic orthodoxies continue to be the bearers of the universalistic ideals inherent in both faiths.

  Academic text (1995)

• Furthermore, norms that make universalistic claims have more expansive potential than localized, particularistic normative frameworks.

  Academic text (2016)

• First, the norms that Ban Ki-moon and Navi Pillay promote, such as universality, non-discrimination, and equality, are clear and make universalistic claims.

  Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

G

global

vsuniversalistic

∞ 2.7

Relating to the whole world, not just one country

is about applying to everyone or everything, not only referring to world scale

U

universal

vsuniversalistic

439 4.2

True in all places and for all people

is about the idea that something applies to everyone rather than asserting fact

G

general

vsuniversalistic

144 4.5

Affecting people in many countries around the world

is about applying to everyone or everything rather than being merely broad

A

all-encompassing

vsuniversalistic

12 6.0

Including everything and everyone in a single plan

is about the idea of being applied to everyone rather than literal complete coverage

E

ecumenical

vsuniversalistic

• Formal

3 8.3

That has influence across the world

is about the idea that something applies to everyone rather than influence or reach

U

universalist

vsuniversalistic

1 8.8

Supporting the idea that all people should be treated equally

is about the general idea of applying to everyone, not a doctrine about salvation

A

all-embracing

vsuniversalistic

1 4.6

Including everything or everyone without leaving anything out

is about the idea of applying to everyone rather than describing actual breadth

Antonyms

P

particularistic

9.9

Cares only about the interests of one group, not about society as a whole

How Inclusive

universalistic

1 8.3

parochial

12 8.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology