particularist

English

Etymology

From particular +‎ -ist, after French particulariste.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹɪst/

Noun

particularist (plural particularists)

1. One who holds to particularism.

Adjective

particularist (comparative more particularist, superlative most particularist)

1. (theology) Adhering to particularism.
2. Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.; partisan.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 272:

     The province's identity was fixed on traditionalist and historical attachment to particularist privilege.

Related terms

• particularistic