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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Nominalist

· Nom·i·nal·ist · IPA
01 n. One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in na…
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    One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.(Metaph.)