particularism
noun
exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
particularist
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a word derived from
particularism.
Example Sentences
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“The Lions’ Den” illustrates the individual struggles of Jewish leftists in the World War II generation to reconcile their conflicting impulses, the particularist pull of Zionism and the universalist pull of socialism.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2019
Educated classes are less moved by particularist appeals to ethnic and national identity and more by internationalism and universal norms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2016
The Junker is particularist, at least he was.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
The anti-Orange particularist party, which had just suffered decisive defeat, now lifted up its head again.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
From being the most particularist country Germany had in reality become the most unified state.
From Peaceless Europe by Francesco Saverio Nitti
