Nominal

nom′in-al, adj. pertaining to a name: existing only in name: having a name.— ns. Nom′inalism , the doctrine that general terms have no corresponding reality either in or out of the mind, being mere words; Nom′in a list , one of a sect of philosophers who held the doctrine of nominalism.— adj. Nominalist′ic , pertaining to nominalism.— adv. Nom′inally . [L. nominal is — nomen , -ĭnis , a name.]