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Webster 1913 Edition
Particularism
Par-tic′u-lar-ism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
particularisme
.] 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.