nominalism

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Definitions

noun

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

Related words

Synonyms

realism nomothetics noumenology nomenclaturism ontology nomology antimetaphysicalism naturalism sortal nomologist nescience metaphysical naturalism objectivism relationism materialism hylism

Antonyms

Associated

conceptualism occam trope particulars predicate idealism denies metaphysical plato scholastic

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