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conceptualism
 
SYLLABICATION:con·cep·tu·al·ism
PRONUNCIATION:  kn-spch--lzm
NOUN:1. Philosophy The doctrine, intermediate between nominalism and realism, that universals exist only within the mind and have no external or substantial reality. 2. A school of abstract art or an artistic doctrine that is concerned with the intellectual engagement of the viewer through conveyance of an idea and negation of the importance of the art object itself.
OTHER FORMS:con·ceptu·al·istADJECTIVE & NOUN
con·ceptu·al·isticADJECTIVE
 
 
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