Thesaurus: conceptualism

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1. n. A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects.
2. n. the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application
3. 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.
4. A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that themind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions ofindividual or single objects. Stewart.
5. n:100 n. the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application