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Nominalism

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Noun

1. nominalism

(philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nominalism

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noun
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
Compare conceptualism, realism

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Nominalism

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noun
a philosophical doctrine of the late Middle Ages that all universal or abstract terms are mere necessities of thought or conveniences of language and therefore exist as names only with no ideal realities corresponding to them
see also realism (sense 3) realism (sense 3a)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nominalism

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n.
Philosophy
The doctrine holding that abstract concepts, general terms, or universals have no independent existence but exist only as names.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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