"nominalism" meaning in English

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        "A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects."
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nominalizm",
          "sense": "doctrine",
          "word": "նոմինալիզմ"
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          "word": "ονοματοκρατία"
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          "roman": "nominalizm",
          "sense": "doctrine",
          "word": "номинализм"
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          "word": "nominalism"
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          "sense": "doctrine",
          "word": "adcılık"
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      "roman": "nominalizm",
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      "roman": "onomatokratía",
      "sense": "doctrine",
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      "word": "ονοματοκρατία"
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      "roman": "nominalismós",
      "sense": "doctrine",
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      "word": "nominalismo"
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      "roman": "nominalizm",
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