particularism definition
Overview
This page has 4 definitions of particularism in English and Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan. Particularism is a noun. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English particularism definition
Etymology
From particular + -ism, after French particularisme.
Noun
particularism (countable and uncountable, plural particularisms)
- An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
- (Christianity, Judaism, theology) The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
- Synonym: (obsolete) particularity
- (politics) The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 221:
- 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.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 221:
Romanian particularism definition
Etymology
From French particularisme.
Noun
particularism n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of particularism (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) particularism | particularismul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) particularism | particularismului |
| vocative | particularismule | |