universality

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He liked the fresh, colorful and sensual image that a mango instilled, and the universality of a word recognizable in many languages without translation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

They are often taught to Psych 101 students as both a fascinating discovery about visual processing and a cautionary tale about unwarranted assumptions of universality.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2025

Tony Shalhoub: Breaking Bread” will premiere this fall on CNN, centered around travel, hospitality and the comforting universality of — you guessed it — bread.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

That universality, coupled with the sense that before the prefrontal cortex has fully formed, feelings will always run hot and bright, meant that the writers had a lot of empathy for these characters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

A plantation was a plantation; one might think one’s misfortunes distinct, but the true horror lay in their universality.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead