English Explanatory Dictionary

particularism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
  2. The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
  3. The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.

Word forms

particularism particularisms

Etymology

From particular + -ism, after French particularisme.

Synonyms

particularity

Derived words

particularistic
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