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• n  a focus on something particular

• But Wasps always viewed particularism with a certain distaste.
• They call for a restoration of abandoned scholarly discipline, and "particularism"commitment to perpetuation of specific traditions.
• The particularism that once typified American church life has given way to what he calls "religion-in-general.

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in AsiaNews.it
  For instance, the Pope noted that "Cicero despised their religion and even the city of Jerusalem," whereas Nero's wife Poppaea was considered as a "sympathiser. Even Julius Caesar had recognised their particularism."
• Claire Danes in Boston Globe
  And when Danes said that he had "sort of created a form of philosophy called 'particularism' - and that's all I know," Ferguson exclaimed: "That's not very particular. That's too vague!"