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nominalisms

nominalisms is the plural of nominalism.

Meaning of nominalism

Noun

nominalism (countable and uncountable, plural nominalisms)

  1. A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.
    • Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 11, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN
    Antonyms:
    realism

Questions about nominalisms

What is nominalisms the plural of?
Nominalisms is the plural of nominalism.

Words near nominalisms in the dictionary

  1. nominaliser
  2. nominalisers
  3. nominalises
  4. nominalising
  5. nominalism
  6. nominalisms
  7. nominalist
  8. nominalistic
  9. nominalistically
  10. nominalists
  11. nominality

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