Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Particularism   Listen
noun
Particularism  n.  
1.
A minute description; a detailed statement. (R.)
2.
(Theol.) The doctrine of particular election.
3.
(German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Particularism" Quotes from Famous Books



... particular, preserving practical autonomy for local affairs, with the only restriction that the burgomaster was to be nominated by the king. The Belgian Constitution struck the balance between centralization, inherited from the period of French rule, and particularism, which had, from the Burgundian period, been the most striking feature in Belgian politics. If we associate, in our minds, particularism with the traditional conservatism of the Catholic peasantry and centralization with modern ...
— Belgium - From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day • Emile Cammaerts


Words linked to "Particularism" :   focal point, direction, focusing


Copyright © 2024 Diccionario ingles.com