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Nominalist

Nominalist \Nom"i*nal*ist\, n. (Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.
--Reid.

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nominalist

n. An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.

Usage examples of "nominalist".

Scotist, Thomist, Realist, Nominalist, Papist, Calvinist, Molinist, Jansenist, are only pseudonyms.

This way of thinking, we may observe, is of exactly the kind which the nominalists of the Middle Ages attributed to every conception formed by the human mind.