Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. One who holds to particularism.
- adj. theology Adhering to particularism.
- adj. Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.; partisan.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who holds to particularism.
Etymologies
- From particular + -ist, after French particulariste. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“Even as a Leftist Bob Dylan was a particularist, which is the first and most vital step in patriotism.”
“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.”
“It is something utterly beyond demonization and particularist jingoism.”
The Huffington Post: Marc Gopin: Beyond Jewish Blessings And Curses There Is Absolute Love
“Paradoxically, the conservative critique of the new class could make the “Marxist” move of pointing out how universalist claims masked particularist interests.”
“How do we act as both a universalist and a particularist?”
The Huffington Post: Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman: Religion Can't Be An End Unto Itself
“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.”
“This would incentivize voters to choose the bigger parties representing the broader national interest, and not the fringe parties with their particularist agendas.”
The Huffington Post: Edgar M. Bronfman: The Impact of Israel's Internal Politics
“Hitman saw no contradiction between the sentiments expressed in the two songs; in his heart and mind, as in the hearts and minds of most Israelis, the cosmic stirrings of left-wing politics and the particularist tones of Jewish messianism coexist, however uncomfortably.”
“It was another one of those universalist/particularist problems.”
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vanishedone In moral philosophy, an advocate of particularism. Oct 21, 2007