con|cep|tu|al|ism

con|cep|tu|al|ism
con|cep|tu|al|ism «kuhn SEHP chu uh LIHZ uhm», noun. Philosophy.
1. the doctrine that universals exist, but only in the mind.
2. the doctrine that the mind can fully form an idea of general and abstract terms such as plant, horse, or blue.

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