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Definition of "universalism" []

  • Theology The doctrine of universal salvation. (noun)
  • Unitarian Universalism. (noun)
  • The condition of being universal; universality. (noun)
  • A universal scope or range, as of knowledge. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "universalism" in a sentence
  • "Moreover, this universalism is the source of Alroy's military success."
  • "The language of moral universalism is widely and repeatedly invoked as a cudgel with which to condemn Western policies, especially as they concern countries in the so-called “Third World” (and often justifiably so)."
  • "This collapsing of historical specificity and political difference — so central to the 1940s faith in universalism and "normality" — stands in sharp contrast to Monty's potentially fascist insistence on ethnic differences and boundary-keeping."