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Universality

The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge.

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generalisability 76% connected

How far research results can be applied to other people or situations.

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Generality 76% connected

The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.

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Catholic 74% connected

Universal or general; as, the catholic faith.

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Catholic 74% connected

Universal or general; as, the catholic faith.

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Catholicity 92% connected

The state or quality of being catholic; universality.

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Ambiguity noun · 86% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Equivocalness noun · 86% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Good noun · 86% connection

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self…

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Hardness noun · 86% connection

a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness depend on t…

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Humour noun · 86% connection

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Linear perspective noun · 86% connection

the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Morbidity noun · 86% connection

the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you

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Affirmative noun · 78% connection

That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the p…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: universal, unlimited, extension, application, generality.
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Amplification noun · 78% connection

The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrati…

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Axiom adjective · 78% connection

A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can m…

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Baroko noun · 78% connection

A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative.

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Circumstantiality noun · 78% connection

The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail.

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Conclusion noun · 78% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Corollary noun · 78% connection

Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition;…

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Descant verb · 78% connection

To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.

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Diluvial adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.

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Diluvian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin.

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Existential operator noun · 78% connection

a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true

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Existential quantifier noun · 78% connection

a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true

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Extendlessness noun · 78% connection

Unlimited extension.

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