Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One whose opinions and conduct are characterized by particularism, in any of its senses; specifically, one who seeks to promote the interests of individual members of a political confederation as against those of the whole; in recent German history, one who desired to preserve the individuality in laws, etc., of the states annexed to Prussia in 1866, or of those states under Prussian influence.
- Pertaining to or characterized by particularism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who holds to particularism.
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- noun One who holds to
particularism . - adjective theology Adhering to
particularism . - adjective Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.;
partisan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But there is no reason to anticipate a speedy breakdown of what one may call particularist religion and the substitution therefor of a faith built up out of many diverse elements and held in common by widely separated tempers.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements Gaius Glenn Atkins 1912
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Even as a Leftist Bob Dylan was a particularist, which is the first and most vital step in patriotism.
RightWingBob.com 2009
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"particularist" fiction -- the fiction that derives its special zest from the "colours" of some form of life unfamiliar to those who have not actually lived it.
The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889
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It is something utterly beyond demonization and particularist jingoism.
Marc Gopin: Beyond Jewish Blessings And Curses There Is Absolute Love Marc Gopin 2011
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Paradoxically, the conservative critique of the new class could make the “Marxist” move of pointing out how universalist claims masked particularist interests.
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US business leaders have typically shown a very high degree of class solidarity such that back in 1993 businessmen from throughout the economy stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the particularist interests of insurance company executives to beat a health care plan that would have benefited many of their firms.
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How do we act as both a universalist and a particularist?
Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman: Religion Can't Be An End Unto Itself Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman 2011
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US business leaders have typically shown a very high degree of class solidarity such that back in 1993 businessmen from throughout the economy stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the particularist interests of insurance company executives to beat a health care plan that would have benefited many of their firms.
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This would incentivize voters to choose the bigger parties representing the broader national interest, and not the fringe parties with their particularist agendas.
Edgar M. Bronfman: The Impact of Israel's Internal Politics 2010
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This would incentivize voters to choose the bigger parties representing the broader national interest, and not the fringe parties with their particularist agendas.
Edgar M. Bronfman: The Impact of Israel's Internal Politics 2010
vanishedone commented on the word particularist
In moral philosophy, an advocate of particularism.
October 21, 2007