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particularist
- /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹɪst/ UK
Where it comes from
From particular + -ist, after French particulariste.
noun particularists
- One who holds to particularism. On this point there was no difference between mercantilists and feudalists, between crowned planners and vested interests, between centralizing bureaucrats and conservative particularists.
adjective more particularist · most particularist
- Adhering to particularism.
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Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.
And what does the moderate Left have to offer? Only more redistribution, more public assistance, and particularist concern for particular groups that can claim victim status, from the sublime peak of elderly, handicapped, black lesbians down to the merely poor.
Similar: partisan
Opposite: universalist
Thesaurus
adjective
Opposite: universalist
Talk about this word "particularist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/particularist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. particularist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/particularist "particularist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/particularist.Cite this
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title = {particularist},
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