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concrete universal

noun

, Hegelianism.
  1. a principle that necessarily has universal import but is also concrete by virtue of its arising in historical situations.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of concrete universal1

First recorded in 1860–65

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Example Sentences

So we must consider this universal as an absolutely concrete universal.

This will be recognized as the 'concrete universal' of the Hegelian logicians.

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