CONCEPTUALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conceptualism mean? 

• CONCEPTUALISM (noun)
  The noun CONCEPTUALISM has 1 sense:

1. the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application

  Familiarity information: CONCEPTUALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCEPTUALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("conceptualism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Derivation:

conceptualistic (involving or characteristic of conceptualism)