Meaning of particularism | Babel Free
Definitions
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An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc. countable, uncountable
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The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation. Judaism, countable, uncountable
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The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority. countable, uncountable
Examples
“Despite the dominance of Castile and the stream of centralizing measures flowing from the new capital in Madrid, Aragonese particularism continued to make itself felt right up to the early eighteenth century.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.