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universalist

/yoo-nuh-vur-suh-list/US // ˌyu nəˈvɜr sə lɪst //UK // (ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəlɪst) //

普遍主义者,普遍主义,普遍性,普及主义

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
    • : a member of a liberal religious denomination advocating Universalism.Compare Unitarian Universalism.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also U·ni·ver·sal·is·tic. of or relating to Universalism or Universalists.

Examples

  • The real difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama actually is what Bush said he was: a moral universalist.

  • He was a well known minister of the Universalist church and devoted his life to that cause.

  • We wandered out of the garden, down the street, and through the grounds of the Universalist Church.

  • There exists an essay to prove him a Presbyterian; another to show that the great dramatist was a Universalist.

  • There were scarcely ten Universalist pastors in Massachusetts.

  • Most of this opposition was exercised by professed Universalist preachers.