nominalism
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English
Etymology
From French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism.
Pronunciation
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Noun
nominalism (countable and uncountable, plural nominalisms)
- (philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.
- Antonym: realism
- 2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 11, in God, Human, Animal, Machine , →ISBN:
- 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.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism.
Noun
nominalism n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | nominalism | nominalismul |
| genitive-dative | nominalism | nominalismului |
| vocative | nominalismule | |
Swedish
Noun
nominalism c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | nominalism | nominalisms |
| definite | nominalismen | nominalismens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |