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problem of universals

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
prob-lem of u-ni-ver-sals
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The open problem of whether the properties that an object has in common with other objects, such as color and shape, can be considered to exist beyond those objects, and if so, the precise nature of that existence.

Inflected Forms

the problem of universals (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

universalism nominalism realism

Questions

What does problem of universals mean?
The open problem of whether the properties that an object has in common with other objects, such as color and shape, can be considered to exist beyond those objects, and if so, the precise nature of that existence.

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