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particularist

UK/pəˈtɪkjʊləɹɪst/

particularist noun: one who holds to particularism.

Noun

particularist (plural particularists)

  1. One who holds to particularism.
    • On this point there was no difference between mercantilists and feudalists, between crowned planners and vested interests, between centralizing bureaucrats and conservative particularists.1957 [1944], Karl Polanyi, chapter 6, in The Great Transformation, Beacon Press: Boston, page 70

Adjective

particularist (comparative more particularist, superlative most particularist)

  1. Adhering to particularism.
  2. Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.
    • And what does the moderate Left have to offer? Only more redistribution, more public assistance, and particularist concern for particular groups that can claim victim status, from the sublime peak of elderly, handicapped, black lesbians down to the merely poor.1994 April 7, Edward Luttwak, “Why Fascism is the Wave of the Future”, in London Review of Books, volume 16, number 07, →ISSN
    • The province's identity was fixed on traditionalist and historical attachment to particularist privilege.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 272
    Synonyms:
    partisan

Synonyms of particularist

Antonyms

Forms of particularist

Noun
pluralparticularists
Adjective
comparativemore particularist
superlativemost particularist

Origin of particularist

From particular + -ist, after French particulariste.

Questions about particularist

What does particularist mean?
Particularist means one who holds to particularism.
What part of speech is particularist?
Particularist can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce particularist?
Particularist is pronounced /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of particularist?
The plural of particularist is particularists.

Words near particularist in the dictionary

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

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