universal phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuniversalandphenomenon
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universal
adjective
uk/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofuniversalandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Other evidence suggests that baby talk is not auniversalphenomenon.
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The ptosis or descent of facial tissues with aging is auniversalphenomenonto which much cosmetic facial surgery is directed.
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Relation of pitch to frequency is auniversalphenomenon, but scale construction is culturally specific.
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He also criticized the basic assumptions of history of art which present art as an atemporal anduniversalphenomenon.
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All the same, calendars appear to be an almostuniversalphenomenonin societies as they provide tools for the regulation of communal activities.
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If this argument is correct, young female marriage ages should have been a moreuniversalphenomenon than the evidence presented thus far seems to suggest.
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It will be seen to be auniversalphenomenonin the life-history oifatigans.
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The fetishisation of dead leaders' bodies is a close touniversalphenomenonthat substantially predates the age of nationalism.
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In my opinion, distrust or fear was a matter of intensity, and not auniversalphenomenon.
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Instead, we take the latter to be auniversalphenomenon.
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Epistasis among genes is auniversalphenomenonin obesity : evidence from rodent models.
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More generally, these results suggest that if voters are rational (or even quasi-rational) and reasonably discerning, economic voting should not be auniversalphenomenon.
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The concentration on nouns at the outset of language learning thus appeared not to be such auniversalphenomenon.
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A further look at the various expressions of electoral corruption may allow us to identify some of the local particularities of thisuniversalphenomenon.
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Economic voting is not auniversalphenomenon.
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We were told that tightening belts was auniversalphenomenon.
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It is auniversalphenomenonappearing in different phases and different stages elsewhere in the world.
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This is auniversalphenomenon.
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