universals

Meanings

Noun

• (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
• (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
• a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
• coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
• plural of universal

Synonyms

linguistic universal, universal, universal joint, universal proposition

Antonyms

particular, particular proposition