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particularism

Pronunciation:  pu'tikyûlu`reezum

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 Definition: [n]  a focus on something particular
 
 See Also: centering, direction, focus, focusing, focussing

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Par*tic"u*lar*ism\, n. [Cf. F. particularisme.]
1. A minute description; a detailed statement. [R.]

2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election.

3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own
   kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.

 

 

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