PARTICULARISM


Meaning of PARTICULARISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pə(r)-ˈti-k(yə-)lə-ˌri-zəm also ]

pär- noun

Date: 1824

1. : exclusive or special devotion to a particular interest

2. : a political theory that each political group has a right to promote its own interests and especially independence without regard to the interests of larger groups

3. : a tendency to explain complex social phenomena in terms of a single causative factor

• par·tic·u·lar·ist -rist noun or adjective

• par·tic·u·lar·is·tic -ˌti-k(yə-)lə-ˈris-tik adjective

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