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

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
Arabian Proverb