nominalisticadj.
/ˌnɒmᵻnlˈɪstɪk/, /ˌnɒmᵻnəˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑmənəˈlɪstɪk/ Chiefly Philosophy.
Of the nature of or characterized by nominalism. Cf. nominalist adj.
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1851 Southern Q. Rev. 4 417 He admits that Socrates was a nominalist, and that Plato adopted the dialectic method of his master in a thoroughly nominalistic manner.
1870 F. M. Müller Sci. Relig. (1873) 399 I call this the nominalistic as opposed to the realistic method of comparative mythology.
1878 J. A. Symonds Shelley 35 He adopted the negative conclusions of a shallow nominalistic philosophy.
1932 C. C. J. Webb John of Salisbury 154 In philosophy he favoured the views of the Nominalistic school.
1942 Speculum 17 178 The punning argumentation of Franco obviously shows a nominalistic tendency, very characteristic also for later scholastic writers of musical theory.
1992 Mind 101 37 His advocacy of intelligible matter has commonly been regarded as some kind of aberration, implausible in itself and hardly in line with his nominalistic leanings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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