particularism

1. Exclusive adherence to, dedication to, or interest in one's own group, party, sect, or nation.
2. A principle of allowing each state in a nation or federation to act independently of the central authority, especially in promoting its own economic interests.

The details of a claim, or the separate items of an account.

When these are detailed in an orderly form for the purpose of informing a defendant, the statement is called a bill of particulars.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a focus on something particular

Particularism may refer to:

• Epistemological particularism, an approach in philosophy
• Historical particularism, an approach in anthropology
• Literary particularism, a literary genre that emphasizes details
• Moral particularism, the view that there are no moral principles
• Multicultural particularism, the belief that a common culture for all people is either undesirable or impossible
• Political particularism, the politics of group identity that trumps universal rights
• Religious particularism, name given to the phenomenon of Americanism in the apostolic letter Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae.

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)