# nominalism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

## Etymology
From French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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