Meaning Of The Word Conceptualism

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Conceptualism Meaning

Conceptualism Definition
Conceptualism Definition

What's The Definition Of Conceptualism?

conceptualism in American English
the doctrine, intermediate between nominalism and realism, that universals exist explicitly in the mind as concepts, and implicitly in things as shared qualities
noun: any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts

conceptualism in British English
noun: the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term

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