Associations to the word «Nominalism»

Wiktionary

NOMINALISM, noun. (philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley