almengyldighed

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Danish

Etymology

almengyldig (universally true) +‎ -hed (-ness)

Noun

almengyldighed c (singular definite almengyldigheden, plural indefinite almengyldigheder)

  1. (uncountable) the quality of being universally true
  2. (countable) something universally true
    • 1960, Jacob Paludan, Et udvalg:
      Længe hørte jeg ham udtale sig om Tilværelsens Almengyldigheder, før vi endelig kom til Sagen: ...
      For long, I heard him speak his mind on the universalities of existence, until we finally got to the point: ...
    • 1968, Billedkunst:
      Hun forvandler gennem sin montage tilfældigheder til almengyldigheder og lader anekdoter få symbolets værdi.
      Through her montage, she transforms random things into universalities and lets anecdotes have the value of the symbol.
    • 1960, Dansk musiktidsskrift:
      Hvilket på den ene side vil sige, at han var blottet for tro på almengyldigheder, og på den anden, at både akademisme og sjælevrid var ham fremmede.
      Which on the one hand means that he was devoid of belief in universalities, and on the other, that academism as well as the twisting of souls were strangers to him.

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