conceptualism Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Con*cep"tu*al*ism noun
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913