Particularism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Particularism is a noun meaning An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
Meaning
An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
More Meanings
- (Christianity, Judaism, theology) The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
- (politics) The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.
Example Sentences
Despite the dominance of Castile and the stream of centralizing measures flowing from the new capital in Madrid, Aragonese particularism continued to make itself felt right up to the early eighteenth century.
Word Forms
- particularisms
Synonyms for particularism
Depending on context, synonyms include particularity.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include universalism, privatism, exclusivism, peripheralism, segregationalism, localism.
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