Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

universalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: uni-ver-sal-ize
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.

Transitive verb

verb

To consider or depict as universal.

Transitive verb

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?"

Etymology

Etymology tree English universal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English universalize From universal + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

universalizes (present, singular) universalizing (participle, present) universalized (participle, past) universalized (past) universalise (alternative)

Derived Forms

universalizable universalization universalizer

Synonyms

universalise

Questions

What does universalize mean?: To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.
Where does universalize come from?: Etymology tree English universal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English universalize From universal + -ize.

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