| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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nominal
1) in name only; 2) having to do with a name or names; 3) having to do with a noun or nouns
Frank is the nominal head of the society, but his sister Katie is the person everyone looks to for leadership.
Related English words: nominalism (the philosophical doctrine that universal and abstract words do not represent anything real), nominalist, nominalistic
Latin root word: nomen, nominis, n. - name
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