Particularist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Particularist is a noun meaning One who holds to particularism.
Meaning
One who holds to particularism.
More Meanings
- (theology) Adhering to particularism.
- Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.
Example Sentences
The province's identity was fixed on traditionalist and historical attachment to particularist privilege.
On this point there was no difference between mercantilists and feudalists, between crowned planners and vested interests, between centralizing bureaucrats and conservative particularists.
And what does the moderate Left have to offer? Only more redistribution, more public assistance, and particularist concern for particular groups that can claim victim status, from the sublime peak of elderly, handicapped, black lesbians down to the merely poor.
Word Forms
- particularists
Synonyms for particularist
Depending on context, synonyms include partisan.
Antonyms for particularist
Common opposites include universalist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include particular, partialist, parochialist, exceptionist, partyist, sectarianist.
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