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nominalism
nom·i·nal·ism [ nómmən'l ìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
rejection of universals in philosophy: the philosophical doctrine that there are no realities other than concrete individual objects

nom·i·nal·ist noun, adjective
nom·i·nal·is·tic [ nòmmən'l ístik ] adjective
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