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Meaning of particularism

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

particularism

noun

Definitions

  1. The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.

  2. An exclusive focus on a particular group, area, sect etc.

  3. The principle that individual states, races of a federation etc. may act independently of a central authority.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/particularism

Related words

universalismprivatismspecial interestexclusivismperipheralismsegregationalismlocalismexclusionism