(linguistics, uncountable) The use of a word which is not a noun (e.g. a verb or adjective) as a noun, with or without morphological transformation.

plural of nominalization

Participant in a mutual enterprise that resembles a partnership but may not have such a formal structure.

A nominative noun

(semantics) Something that is named; the referent of a name or noun.

(philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

(accounting, business) A general ledger / (accounting, business) A ledger that is not a personal ledger or a real ledger, for example, a revenue or expense ledger.

plural of nominalism

plural of nominalist

An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.