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Particularism   Listen
noun
Particularism  n.  
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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"Particularism" Quotes from Famous Books



... dominant force is patent to every one. The minute that the spirit which finds its healthy development in local self-government, and is the antidote to the dangers of an extreme centralization, develops into mere particularism, into inability to combine effectively for achievement of a common end, then it is hopeless to expect great results. Poland and certain republics of the Western Hemisphere are the standard examples of failure of this kind; and the United States ...
— African and European Addresses • Theodore Roosevelt


Words linked to "Particularism" :   focusing, focussing, direction, focal point, particularistic


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