particularism
Meanings
Plural: particularisms
Noun
- a focus on something particular
- An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
- The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
- The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.
Origin / Etymology
From particular + -ism, after French particularisme.
Synonyms
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