CONCEPTUALISM


Meaning of CONCEPTUALISM in English

— conceptualist , n. — conceptualistic , adj. — conceptualistically , adv.

/keuhn sep"chooh euh liz'euhm/ , n. Philos.

any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Cf. nominalism, realism (def. 5).

[ 1830-40; CONCEPTUAL + -ISM ]

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