HyperDic: nominalism

English > 1 sense of the word nominalism:
NOUNcognitionnominalism(philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name
English > nominalism: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name.
CategoryphilosophyThe rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Broaderphilosophical doctrine, philosophical theoryA doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
Spanishnominalismo
Catalannominalisme
Adjectivesnominalisticof or relating to nominalism

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