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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOMINALIST

n.The Nominalists were a sect of school philosophers, the disciples of Ocham or Ocdcam, in the 14th century, who maintained that words and not things are the object of dialectics. They were the founders of the university of Leipsic.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NOMINALIST

NOMINALIST Nom "i *nal *ist, n. (Metaph.)

 

Defn: 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. Reid.

 

NOMINALISTIC

NOMINALISTIC Nom `i *nal *is "tic, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.

 

Duden Dictionary

Nominalist

No mi na list Substantiv, maskulin , der |Nominal i st |Vertreter des Nominalismus

 

Nominalistin

No mi na lis tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Nominal i stin |die Nominalistin; Genitiv: der Nominalistin, Plural: die Nominalistinnen weibliche Form zu Nominalist

 

nominalistisch

no mi na lis tisch Adjektiv |nominal i stisch |den Nominalismus betreffend, auf ihm beruhend, zu ihm gehörend

 

Spanish Dictionary

nominalista

nominalista adjetivo 1 Del nominalismo o relacionado con esta doctrina filosófica :teoría nominalista .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es seguidor o partidario del nominalismo :filósofo nominalista .