Definition of Particularist

1. n. One who holds to particularism.

Definition of Particularist

1. Noun. One who holds to particularism. ¹

2. Adjective. (theology) Adhering to particularism. ¹

3. Adjective. Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc.; partisan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Particularist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Particularist

particoloured
particular
particular(a)
particular Church
particular Churches
particular integral
particular integrals
particularisation
particularisations
particularise
particularised
particularises
particularising
particularism
particularisms
particularist (current term)
particularistic
particularists
particularities
particularity
particularization
particularizations
particularize
particularized
particularizes
particularizing
particularly
particularment
particularments
particulars

Literary usage of Particularist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"... in the line of demarcation, in the acquisition of German territory, are the results, not of German, but of Prussian particularist efforts. ..."

2. Bismarck, the Man & the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"... in the line of demarcation, in the acquisition of German territory, are the results, not of German, but of Prussian particularist efforts. ..."

3. The Confederation of Europe: A Study of the European Alliance, 1813-1823, as by Walter Alison Phillips (1920)
"... public law ' against the particularist ambitions of the Powers —Questions of Poland and Saxony—Attitude of Alexander and its causes—Threatened break-up ..."

4. An American Student in France by Félix Klein (1908)
"... a Transient Hold of the Countries they conquered — Nations of the " particularist Formation" contrasted with those of the " Communitarian Formation. ..."

5. A Sketch of the German Constitution and of the Events in Germany from 1815 by Arthur Nicolson Cornock (1875)
"... accept Imperial Crown— Appointment of particularist Ministry—Resignation of Members of Parliament—Three King's Alliance—Meeting of the Old Diet— Results ..."

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