Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Nom"i*nal*ist\, n. (Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. --Reid.
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| Definition: | \Nom"i*nal*ist\, n. (Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. --Reid. | ||
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