Nominalist
[nɔminәlist]
Definition
(noun.) a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
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Examples
- For a time the older influences fought against the naturalism of the new Nominalists. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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