nominalist
- a word derived from nominalism.
Example Sentences
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His responses aren’t nonsensical; they’re nominalist, which is to say that David, like certain Anglo-American philosophers, can’t or won’t accept the reality of abstract numbers.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2020
As must the band Merchandise, whose name – one might think – is a nominalist satire of commodification by the music industry.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2013
Neither the nominalist nor the mathematical usages are particularly common, and we cannot show any direct influence from either of them on seventeenth-century usages.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
His statement of this position oscillates markedly, inclining sometimes towards the nominalist, sometimes towards the realist statement, using the arguments of the one against the other.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
Like the great nominalist William of Occam, he saved himself from rationalism by laying hold on mysticism—the Christian mysticism of the school of St Victor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
