CONCEPTUALISM

conceptualism

(noun) the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

conceptualism (countable and uncountable, plural conceptualisms)

The art movement towards conceptual art.

(philosophy) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects; the doctrine that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment.

Anagrams

• uncomplicates

Source: Wiktionary


Con*cep"tu*al*ism, n. (Metaph.)

Definition: A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects. Stewart.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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