transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnä-mə-nə-ˌli-zəm, ˈnäm-nə-ˌli-zəm ]
noun
Date: 1844
1. : a theory that there are no universal essences in reality and that the mind can frame no single concept or image corresponding to any universal or general term
2. : the theory that only individuals and no abstract entities (as essences, classes, or propositions) exist — compare essentialism , realism
• nom·i·nal·ist -ist, -list noun
• nominalist or nom·i·nal·is·tic ˌnä-mə-nə-ˈlis-tik, ˌnäm-nə-ˈlis- adjective