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particularist

noun
/pəˈtɪkjʊləɹɪst/UK

Etymology

From particular + -ist, after French particulariste.

  1. derived from particula
  2. derived from particularis
  3. derived from particuler
  4. derived from particuler
  5. inherited from particuler
  6. formed as particularist — “particular + -ist”

Definitions

  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.

  2. Adhering to particularism.

  3. Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.

    • The province's identity was fixed on traditionalist and historical attachment to particularist privilege.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA