'Conceptualism' definitions:
Definition of 'conceptualism'
(from WordNet)
noun
The doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application
Definition of 'Conceptualism'
From: GCIDE
- Conceptualism \Con*cep"tu*al*ism\, n. (Metaph.) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects. --Stewart. [1913 Webster]