English

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.

Antonyms

• universalist

Related terms

• particularistic