Definition of: particularism

(pər·tik′yə·lə·riz′əm) noun
1. Exclusive attachment to the interests of one's particular state, party, people, or religion.
2. Care or regard for particulars; attention to details.
3. The theological doctrine of the election of particular individuals to grace and salvation; particular election.
—par·tic′u·lar·ist noun
—par·tic′u·lar·is′tic adjective