universalize
verb
uni·ver·sal·ize
ˌyü-nə-ˈvər-sə-ˌlīz 
universalized; universalizing
: to make universal : generalize
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As satire, Next to Heaven is unintelligible, as though someone is universalizing their own hangups and then skewering them for clout.
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Vogue recently spoke to Walker about letting Tom Wolfe guide her expectations of present-day digital media, her favorite blog she’s ever written, the ghostly specter of the girlboss, and attempting to resist universalizing in her writing.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 May 2025
The broader intent of the study isn't to universalize air conditioning across U.S. prisons.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
What was humanism but an attempt to universalize and install the preferences of the ruling class, the chief members of which were white, male, and Western?
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Vogue recently spoke to Walker about letting Tom Wolfe guide her expectations of present-day digital media, her favorite blog she’s ever written, the ghostly specter of the girlboss, and attempting to resist universalizing in her writing.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 May 2025
The broader intent of the study isn't to universalize air conditioning across U.S. prisons.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
What was humanism but an attempt to universalize and install the preferences of the ruling class, the chief members of which were white, male, and Western?
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for universalize
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universalize
verb
uni·ver·sal·ize
ˌyü-nə-ˈvər-sə-ˌlīz
universalized; universalizing
: to make universal : generalize
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