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noun
An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology
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Synonyms: particularity
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noun
The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
a focus on something particular
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
History
From particular + -ism, after French particularisme.
