n.
Pronunciation: - ' sep-ch ə -w ə - ˌ li-z ə m, -chü- ə -, -ch ə - ˌ li-, -shw ə - ˌ li-
Function: noun
Date: circa 1838
1 : a theory in philosophy intermediate between realism and nominalism that universals exist in the mind as concepts of discourse or as predicates which may be properly affirmed of reality
2 often capitalized : CONCEPTUAL ART
– con · cep · tu · al · is · tic \ - ˌ sep-ch ə -w ə - ' lis-tik, -chü- ə -, -ch ə - ' lis-, -shw ə - ' lis- \ adjective
– con · cep · tu · al · is · ti · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb