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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a focus on something particular;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Particularism \Par*tic"u*lar*ism\, n. [Cf. F. particularisme.] 1. A minute description; a detailed statement. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election. [1913 Webster] 3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

particularism n 1: a focus on something particular