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particularisms

particularisms is the plural of particularism.

Meaning of particularism

Noun

particularism (countable and uncountable, plural particularisms)

  1. An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
  2. (Judaism) The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
    Synonyms:
    particularity
  3. The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.
    • Despite the dominance of Castile and the stream of centralizing measures flowing from the new capital in Madrid, Aragonese particularism continued to make itself felt right up to the early eighteenth century.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 221

Questions about particularisms

What is particularisms the plural of?
Particularisms is the plural of particularism.

Words near particularisms in the dictionary

  1. particularise
  2. particularised
  3. particularises
  4. particularising
  5. particularism
  6. particularisms
  7. particularist
  8. particularistic
  9. particularistically
  10. particularists
  11. particularities

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