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Definition of 'conceptualism'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) conceptualism
any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts.

Etymology: (1830–40)

Definition of 'conceptualism'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) conceptualism
the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application

Definition of 'conceptualism'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) conceptualism
a theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects

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