Meanings
adjectivenominalist (comparative more nominalist, superlative most nominalist)
comparative more nominalist · superlative most nominalist
- Adhering or relating to nominalism.
Yet even in the basic controversies of that time we can detect something akin to materialism in the nominalist view concerning universals, which reveals a certain interest in physical nature and in concreteness.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 378
nounnominalist (plural nominalists)
plural nominalists
- An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
- Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
- Latinnōmen
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinnōminālis
- Middle Englishnominalle
- Englishnominal
- Englishnominalist
Translations
Czech nominalista
- nominalistaadherent of nominalism
Finnish nominalisti
- nominalistiadherent of nominalism
Polish nominalista, nominalistka
- nominalistaadherent of nominalism
- nominalistkaadherent of nominalism
Swedish nominalist
- nominalistadherent of nominalism
Cite this entry
APA
nominalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominalist
MLA
“nominalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nominalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominalist.
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