concrete universal
Definition of concrete universal
1 : a universal whose connotation is so particularized that it denotes one concrete reality especially an organized unity as distinguished from a universal that denotes any one of a class —used by Hegelians to contrast terms such as man, book, church with those that denote a totality, as mankind, literature, the church
2 : something denoted by a concrete universal
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