Nōm'i-nal-ĭst, n.
n. [Fr. nominal, nominaliste.] (Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the middle ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.
n. [Fr. nominal, nominaliste.] (Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the middle ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.