nominalist

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His opponent--Abélard--held that the universal was only nominally real; and on that account he was called a nominalist.

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  1. A believer in nominalism.

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  • Otherwise 'man' and 'law' are abstractions and nonentities The nominalist is right in so far as he denies that law as an abstract thing (considered apart from a person—as his thought) is anything: the realist is right in so far as he affirms that law, apart from { 64} any particular manifestation, is an eternal reality. —  Letters to his Friends
  • Some of these prosthetic devices are equally formal and empty, including the formula "in the name of the law" that renders the name utterly nominalist and detached from that which it names. —  TELOSscope: The Telos Press blog
  • His criticism of the filioque, which was apophatic in nature, was one which incorporated nominalist-leaning insight. —  Vox Nova
  • Plurk nominalist has just finished working on his friend's blog. —  Autism Hub
  • Mark If any of you on other networks are reading this message, my Twitter nic is @nominalist. —  Autism Hub
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  1. = French nominaliste; as nominal + -ist.
 

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