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Added 1 October 2026

nominalism

/ˈnɑː.mə.nəˌlɪ.zəm/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about nominalism at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name.

Origin

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

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