/ ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl; NAmE -ˈvɜːrsl/ adjective
1.
done by or involving all the people in the world or in a particular group :
Such problems are a universal feature of old age.
Agreement on this issue is almost universal.
universal suffrage (= the right of all the people in a country to vote)
2.
true or right at all times and in all places :
universal facts about human nature
► uni·ver·sal·ity / ˌjuːnɪvɜːˈsæləti; NAmE -vɜːrˈs-/ noun :
the universality of religious experience
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Old French , or from Latin universalis , from universus combined into one, whole, from uni- one + versus turned (past participle of vertere ).