Definition of "universalize" []

• To make universal; generalize. (verb-transitive)

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• "A Hanukkah menorah most certainly does not "universalize" a Christmas tree; if anything, the opposite is true: it turns the tree, which symbolizes a holiday whose message is "joy to the world and peace on Earth" into a particularist symbol like the menorah itself."
• "Similarly, if we take a three-place relation Sxyz and "universalize" the third argument position, we get a two place relation that we might represent thus: ˆ zSxyz"
• "BUENOS AIRES: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner proposed to "universalize" her country's claims over the potentially oil-rich Falkland Islands, but vowed not to resort to military force."