CONCEPTUALISM


Meaning of CONCEPTUALISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈsep-chə-wə-ˌli-zəm, -chü-ə-, -chə-ˌli-, -shwə-ˌli- ]

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 -ˌsep-chə-wə-ˈlis-tik, -chü-ə-, -chə-ˈlis-, -shwə-ˈlis- adjective

• con·cep·tu·al·is·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.