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universal

in metaphysics, a repeatable or recurrent quality that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things
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Summary

universal is a philosophical concept[1]. universal draws 805 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical concept category, ranking #94 of 256).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Q141444735[3]
  • Opposite of: particular[4]
  • Has part(s): problem of universals[5]
  • Facet of: universality[6]
  • Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#Universal[7], https://w3id.org/gfo/base/Universal[8]
  • Different from: universality[9]
  • Exact match: http://www.farzanegi.org/philosophy/universal?lang=PA[10]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Ontology[11]

Why It Matters

universal has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] universal is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . General formal ontology. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Q141438643. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . General formal ontology. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Alex rosenberg35 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → in metaphysics, a repeatable or recurrent quality that can be instantiated or ex
    Facet of → universality
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Facet of: universality"
  2. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#Universal, https://w3id.org/gfo/base/Universal
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ckb', 'da', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ga', 'id',
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gfo/base/Universal"
  3. 22d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → http://www.farzanegi.org/philosophy/universal?lang=PA
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Exact match: http://www.farzanegi.org/philosophy/universal?lang=PA"
  4. 29d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Ontology
    Subclass of → Q141444735
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#Universal, https://w3id.org/gfo/base/Universal
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Ontology, Copying from particular"
  5. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Said to be the same as: universality"
  6. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141444735
    Bncf thesaurus id → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: individual item"
  7. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → philosophical concept
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#Universal, https://w3id.org/gfo/base/Universal
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: type of property"
  8. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141444735
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#Universal, https://w3id.org/gfo/base/Universal
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q141219038 */"
  9. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → problem of universals
    Instance of → —
    Said to be the same as → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0444219-univerzalie-filozofie
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0444219-univerzalie-filozofie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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