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noun (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
noun (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
noun a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
originFrom Middle English universal, from Old French universal (modern French universel), from Latin ūniversālis, equivalent to universe + -al.
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