nominalism
English
Etymology
From French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism.
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.
- 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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Translations
doctrine
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism.
Declension
declension of nominalism (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) nominalism | nominalismul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) nominalism | nominalismului |
| vocative | nominalismule | |
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of nominalism | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | nominalism | nominalismen | — | — |
| Genitive | nominalisms | nominalismens | — | — |
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