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P0087900 (pər-tĭk′yə-lə-rĭz′əm, pə-tĭk-)n.1. Exclusive adherence to, dedication to, or interest in one's own group, party, sect, or nation.2. A principle of allowing each state in a nation or federation to act independently of the central authority, especially in promoting its own economic interests.

par·tic′u·lar·ist n.par·tic′u·lar·is′tic adj.

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(pəˈtɪkjʊləˌrɪzəm) n1. (Sociology) exclusive attachment to the interests of one group, class, sect, etc, esp at the expense of the community as a whole2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the principle of permitting each state or minority in a federation the right to further its own interests or retain its own laws, traditions, etc3. (Theology) theol the doctrine that divine grace is restricted to the elect parˈticularist n, adj parˌticularˈistic adj

particularism

the adherence to an exclusive subject, interest, or topic. — particularist, n. — particularistic, adj.See also: Behavior

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Noun

particularism - a focus on something particularcentering, focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction - the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"

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the orientation of any culture or human grouping in which the values and criteria used in evaluating actions are internal to the group, without any reference to values or criteria which apply to human beings universally. Thus, many traditional cultures are seen as particularistic, while modern societies have increasingly tended to be dominated by universalistic criteria, by universalism. see also PATTERN VARIABLES.

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in bourgeois political science, the concept referring to a movement whose goal is the acquisition or retention of political, administrative, or cultural autonomy for a particular part of the state.

Extreme manifestations of particularism include separatism (a movement for secession and formation of an independent state) and decentralization, which rejects all forms of centralism. In the context of the Middle Ages, “particularism” refers to the political fragmentation characteristic of a certain period of development of the feudal state and associated with the striving of feudal seigniors and cities for maximum political, administrative, and judicial independence. Also typical of this period was particularism in law: heterogeneity and diversity of legal systems in the provinces, principalities, and cities of a single state.

In theology, the term “particularism” refers to the doctrine that not all believing Christians but only the elect will attain salvation (decretum particulare).

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noun a focus on something particular

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