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particularist
Variant of particularism
noun
- undivided adherence or devotion to one particular party, system, interest, theory, etc.
- the policy of allowing each member or state in a federation to govern independently without regard to the interests of the whole
Related Forms:
- particularist adjective, noun
- particularistic adjective
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