Particularism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Particularism \Par*tic"u*lar*ism\, n. [Cf. F. particularisme.]
     1. A minute description; a detailed statement. [R.]
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     2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election.
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     3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own
        kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  particularism
       n : a focus on something particular