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NOMINALIST

\nˈɒmɪnəlˌɪst], \nˈɒmɪnəlˌɪst], \n_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_n_ə_l_ˌɪ_s_t]\

Definitions of NOMINALIST

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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n. in scholastic philosophy one who held that, in a general conception or universal proposition, the distinctive quality or property is nominal, or has no existence save in an individual or subject belonging to that class of conceptions.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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