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PARTICULARISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does particularistic mean?
• PARTICULARISTIC (adjective)
The adjective PARTICULARISTIC has 1 sense:
1. relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)
Familiarity information: PARTICULARISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a particularistic-seeming statement
Pertainym:
particularism (a focus on something particular)
Derivation:
particularism (a focus on something particular)
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