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Universal vs Censitary - What's the difference?

universal | censitary | Antonyms |

Censitary is a antonym of universal.



As adjectives the difference between universal and censitary

is that universal is of or pertaining to the universe while censitary is (of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted.

As a noun universal

is a characteristic or property that particular things have in common.

universal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the universe.
  • Common to all members of a group or class.
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  • Common to all society; world-wide
    • She achieved universal fame.
  • Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite
  • Useful for many purposes, e.g., universal wrench .

    • Derived terms

    * universalise, universalize * universal quantifier

    Related terms

    * universe * university

    Antonyms

    * nonuniversal

    See also

    * (wikipedia "universal") * general * global

    External links

    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1970, title=Speech acts, author=John R. Searle
    • , passage=We might also distinguish those expressions which are used to refer to individuals or particulars from those which are used to refer to what philosophers have called universals : e.g., to distinguish such expressions as "Everest" and "this chair" from "the number three", "the color red" and "drunkenness". citation

    See also

    * particular

    External links

    * * The Medieval Problem of Universals - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ----

    censitary

    English

    Alternative forms

    * censitarian

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (history) (of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted
  • * 1895 " The Present Condition of Russia]" [[w:Peter Kropotkin, Peter Kropotkin], Littell's Living Age'' (reprinted from ''Nineteenth Century ) Volume 207, Number 2677 (26 October 1895) p.223, fn:
    • The composition of the Provincial and District Assemblies out of representatives of the three orders (peasants, clergy, and nobles), and the censitary provisions taken for keeping the representatives of the peasants in a minority, were, as experience has shown, a useless and vexatious precaution.
  • * 1988 " Peasant movements and communal property during the French Revolution" David Hunt, Theory and Society Volume 17, Number 2, p.255:
    • By 1791-92, the two camps were moving toward a property-based, or censitary , compromise

    Antonyms

    * universal

    Related terms

    * cense, censor, census