nominalism

nominalism
noun

[mass noun](Philosophy)the doctrine that universals or general ideas are mere names without any corresponding reality. Only particular objects exist, and properties, numbers, and sets are merely features of the way of considering the things that exist. Important in medieval scholastic thought, nominalism is associated particularly with William of Occam. Often contrasted with realism (sense 3)
(哲)唯名论。常与realism （义项3）相对

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nominalist
noun
nominalistic
adjective
语源

mid 19th cent.: from French nominalisme, from nominal 'relating to names' (see nominal)

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