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Particularistic

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Adjective

1. particularistic

relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)

Example Sentences:
'a particularistic-seeming statement'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Particularistic

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noun
1. 
exclusive attachment to the interests of one group, class, sect, etc, esp at the expense of the community as a whole
2. 
the principle of permitting each state or minority in a federation the right to further its own interests or retain its own laws, traditions, etc
3. theology
the doctrine that divine grace is restricted to the elect

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Particularistic

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noun
1. 
undivided adherence or devotion to one particular party, system, interest, theory, etc.
2. 
the policy of allowing each member or state in a federation to govern independently without regard to the interests of the whole

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Particularistic

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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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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