nominalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

nominalism nominalisms

Etymology

From French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism.

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