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Nominalism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Nominalism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
philosophical doctrine
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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