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Nominalistic

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nom·i·nal·ism  (nm-n-lzm)
n. Philosophy
The doctrine holding that abstract concepts, general terms, or universals have no independent existence but exist only as names.

nomi·nal·ist n.
nomi·nal·istic adj.
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Adj.1.nominalistic - of or relating to nominalism


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This parallax in Colonel's work--both the deliberate approach and the simultaneous withdrawal from being historicized or compartmentalized--remains within purely nominalistic gestures and emphasizes continuity in the face of the apparent end of history.
Both books rest on an almost medieval "realism" in talking about "We the People" that is startling to those of us of a nominalistic mindset; the reader of this Commentary will have gathered by now that I think both books are marred by misidentifying (as I see it) the language of American political discourse with a reality external to that language.
In contrast, with their occult, nominalistic ontology, the Harry Potter books propose that the world can be manipulated through magic.
 
 
 
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