different between universalist vs universalism

English

Etymology

universal +? -ist

Adjective

universalist (comparative more universalist, superlative most universalist)

1. Universal in scope.

   • In this connection, she notes (1984, p. 42) that in Vata (a language of the Kru family, spoken in the Ivory Coast) the normal word-order is [[_VP XP^? V]], where XP^? represents one or more Complements of the head V of VP, and where V is positioned at the right periphery of V-bar. She notes that in Vata, a finite Clause containing an Auxiliary will have the AUX positioned in I between the subject NP and the VP, with the V positioned at the end of the VP, as in [...]
     But if I contains no Auxiliary (i.e. is empty), the Verb of the VP will move from V into I, and hence no longer be positioned at the end of VP, but rather in the characteristic I position between NP and VP: cf.
     [...]
     Here, the movement of the Verb out of VP-final position ([...]) into I produces an obvious change in the linear ordering of constituents, thus lending clear empirical support to the V MOVEMENT analysis. And Koopman goes on to suggest that given that we have clear empirical motivation for positing a rule of V MOVEMENT for languages such as Vata, universalist considerations argue in favor of adopting the V MOVEMENT analysis rather than the AFFIX MOVEMENT analysis for English, in default of any evidence to the contrary.

Antonyms

• particularist

Noun

universalist (plural universalists)

1. A proponent of universalism.

Romanian

Etymology

From French universaliste.

Adjective

universalist m or n (feminine singular universalist?, masculine plural universali?ti, feminine and neuter plural universaliste)

1. universalist

Declension

English

Wikiquote

Etymology

universal +? -ism

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ju?n??v?s?l??z?m/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ju?n??v??s?l??z?m/

Noun

universalism (countable and uncountable, plural universalisms)

1. The state of being universal; universality.
2. (theology) The belief that all souls can attain salvation.
3. Alternative form of Unitarian Universalism

Related terms

• universe
• universal
• universally
• universality
• universalist
• Universalist

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French universalisme

Noun

universalism n (uncountable)

1. universalism

Declension