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.]
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2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election.
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3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own
kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
particularism
n 1: a focus on something particular