Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

particularism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: par-tic-u-lar-ism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Despite the dominance of Castile and the stream of centralizing measures flowing from the new capital in Madrid, Aragonese particularism continued to make itself felt right up to the early eighteenth century."

Etymology

From particular + -ism, after French particularisme.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: particular

Usage

Inflected Forms

particularisms (plural)

Derived Forms

particularistic

Synonyms

particularity

Questions

What does particularism mean?: An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
Where does particularism come from?: From particular + -ism, after French particularisme.

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