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(in medieval philosophy) the doctrine that general or abstract words do not stand for objectively existing entities and that universals are no more than names assigned to them. Compare conceptualism, realism (def. 5a).
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Nominalist
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| nominalism (ˈnɒmɪnəˌlɪzəm) | |
| —n | |
| conceptualism Compare realism the philosophical theory that the variety of objects to which a single general word, such as dog, applies have nothing in common but the name | |
| 'nominalist | |
| —n, —adj | |
| nominal'istic | |
| —adj | |
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