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< nominal
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nom·i·nal·ism
(n
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KEY
NOUN:
Philosophy
The doctrine holding that abstract concepts, general terms, or universals have no independent existence but exist only as names.
OTHER FORMS:
nom
i·nal·ist
(Noun)
,
nom
i·nal·is
tic
(Adjective)
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