Nominalism Definition & Meaning

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

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What does nominalism mean?
(philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name
What part of speech is nominalism?
Nominalism is a noun.

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