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PARTICULARIST
Etymology
Noun
particularist (plural particularists)
One who holds to particularism.
Adjective
particularist (comparative more particularist, superlative most particularist)
(theology) Adhering to particularism.
Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.; partisan.
Antonyms
• universalist
Source: Wiktionary
Par*tic"u*lar*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. particulariste.]
Definition: One who holds to particularism.
– Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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