Some critics claim that although these abilities are common they are not universal characteristics of the species.

Consciousness is a complex and far from universal characteristic of mental phenomena.

He mulled over the possibility that the Chinese characters were an unwitting form of his universal characteristic.

A short broad back and deep girth are universal characteristics as is a springy stride.

God only knows the universal characteristics of particulars - namely Platonic forms.

Curiosity, he believed, was a universal characteristic of intelligence.

The implication is that the conflicts he depicts all have their roots in universal human characteristics rather than in specific social circumstances.

These theories, for the most part, attempt to explain certain universal characteristics of religious belief and practice.

According to these authors, virtually universal characteristics of cranks include:

A division has been suggested between universal and parochial (narrowly restricted) characteristics.