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The doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name
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nominalism
Word definitions for nominalism in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Nominalism is a metaphysical view in philosophy according to which general or abstract terms and predicates exist, while universals or abstract objects , which are sometimes thought to correspond to these terms, do not exist. There are at least two main ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context philosophy English) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nominalism \Nom"i*nal*ism\, n. The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1820, "view that treats abstract concepts as names only, not realities," from French nominalisme (1752), from nominal , from Latin nominalis (see nominal ). Related: Nominalist .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name
Usage examples of nominalism.
For this method of forming conceptions is the only one which nominalism can accept with a good conscience.