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PARTICULARISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does particularism mean?
• PARTICULARISM (noun)
The noun PARTICULARISM has 1 sense:
1. a focus on something particular
Familiarity information: PARTICULARISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A focus on something particular
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("particularism" is a kind of...):
centering; direction; focal point; focus; focusing; focussing (the concentration of attention or energy on something)
Derivation:
particularistic (relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.))
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