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Explore Nominalists through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Nominalists | Nominalist

Nominalists meaning

plural of nominalist

Using Nominalists

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of nominalist

Context around Nominalists

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

nominalism 1× resemblance 1×

Often after:

hold 1× consider 1× deny 1×

Sentence patterns with Nominalists

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the nominalists over the 1× nominalism nominalists hold that 1× nominalists and realists 1× nominalists consider it 1× nominalists deny that 1× nominalists often argue 1× some resemblance nominalists will concede 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

nominalism nominalists hold 1× nominalists and realists 1× nominalists consider it 1× nominalists deny that 1× nominalists often argue 1× some resemblance nominalists 1×

Common sentence endings:

concept of universals 1× explain attribute agreement 1× multiple places simultaneously 1× only universal necessary 1× or merely names 1× posits fewer entities 1×

Words around Nominalists

Just before it in the word index:

nominalist 7 nominalism 18 nominal 501 nomina 25 nomics 3 nomic 10

Just after it in the word index:

nominalized 2 nominally 182 nominals 4 nominate 405 nominated 2.640 nominates 35

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Nominalists

  • In this selection, "nominalists" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nominalism, resemblance, hold, consider and deny stand out and add context to how "nominalists" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the nominalists over the and nominalism nominalists hold that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nominalists" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nominalists

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Nominalists and realists argue over the existence of properties and relations. (11 words)

There was debate between the realists and the nominalists over the concept of " universals ". (14 words)

Nominalists deny that universals exist, claiming that they are not necessary to explain attribute agreement. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Nominalists often argue for their view by claiming that nominalism can account for all the relevant phenomena, and therefore—by Occam's razor or some sort of principle of simplicity—nominalism is preferable, since it posits fewer entities. (38 words)

Nominalism Nominalists hold that universals are not real mind-independent entities but either merely concepts (sometimes called "conceptualism") or merely names. (21 words)

Some resemblance nominalists will concede that the resemblance relation is itself a universal, but is the only universal necessary. (19 words)

Example sentences (7)

Nominalism Nominalists hold that universals are not real mind-independent entities but either merely concepts (sometimes called "conceptualism") or merely names.

Nominalists and realists argue over the existence of properties and relations.

Nominalists consider it unusual that there could be a single thing that exists in multiple places simultaneously.

Nominalists deny that universals exist, claiming that they are not necessary to explain attribute agreement.

Nominalists often argue for their view by claiming that nominalism can account for all the relevant phenomena, and therefore—by Occam's razor or some sort of principle of simplicity—nominalism is preferable, since it posits fewer entities.

Some resemblance nominalists will concede that the resemblance relation is itself a universal, but is the only universal necessary.

There was debate between the realists and the nominalists over the concept of " universals ".

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "nominalists" in a sentence?
An example: "Nominalism Nominalists hold that universals are not real mind-independent entities but either merely concepts (sometimes called "conceptualism") or merely names." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "nominalists" from authentic English texts.
What does "nominalists" mean?
Nominalists means: plural of nominalist
How many example sentences with "nominalists" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "nominalists", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.