universalization (ˌuniˌversaliˈzation) or universalisation (ˌuniˌversaliˈsation)
noun
universalize in American English
(ˌjunəˈvɜrsəˌlaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌuniˈversalˌized or ˌuniˈversalˌizing
to make universal
Derived forms
universalization (ˌuniˌversaliˈzation)
noun
universalize in American English
(ˌjuːnəˈvɜːrsəˌlaiz)
transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing
to make universal
Alsoesp Brituniversalise
Derived forms
universalization
noun
universalizer
noun
Word origin
[1635–45; universal + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1635–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adjustment, coordinate, domesticate, intaglio, reaction-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)
Examples of 'universalize' in a sentence
universalize
This isn't an attempt to universalize, for there is rich, specific detail everywhere: food, foliage, the course of the conflict.