Universal vs Transpartisan - What's the difference?
universal | transpartisan |
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
Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite
Useful for many purposes, e.g., universal wrench .
(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".
(politics) Going beyond the partisan; ecumenical, universal.
*1989 , Hans Daalder, Galen A Irwin, Politics in the Netherlands: How Much Change?
*:As a matter of fact, it was national or transpartisan policy and stood outside daily political controversies.
*2008 , Marcia Ford, We the Purple: Faith, Politics, and the Independent Voter
*:Through transpartisan dialogue — and simply getting to know each other as human beings — people began to shed their biases and preconceptions.
As adjectives the difference between universal and transpartisan
is that universal is of or pertaining to the universe while transpartisan is going beyond the partisan; ecumenical, universal.As a noun universal
is a characteristic or property that particular things have in common.universal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She achieved universal fame.
Derived terms
* universalise, universalize * universal quantifierAntonyms
* nonuniversalSee also
* (wikipedia "universal") * general * globalExternal links
* *Noun
(en noun)citation
See also
* particularExternal links
* *The Medieval Problem of Universals- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ----
