particularist
- noun
- /pərˈtɪkjələrɪst/
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particularista
- As a particularist, she believes that every situation should be evaluated on its own merits.
- moral particularist
- particularists think
Examples
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The pluralists seek a richer common culture; the particularists insist that no common culture is possible or desirable.
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But particularists insist that children can learn only from the experiences of people from the same race.
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In assessing a situation that seems to require lying, rather than proceeding via moral principles, the moral particularist will ask what the reasons are for and against lying.
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But particularists have no interest in extending or revising American culture; indeed, they deny that a common culture exists.
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Particularists reject any accommodation among groups, any interactions that blur the distinct lines between them.
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The moral particularist will argue that "tell the truth" is not unique in this way; all statements of what one ought to do, or ought to allow, prohibit, or sanction, are dependent on contextual considerations.
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The particularist in me wants to know more about specific cases.
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Many particularists argue that rules should be flexible to accommodate unique circumstances.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
particularist = particular (transparent) = particular + ist
The noun is formed by the productive suffix '-ist' on 'particular', yielding 'a person who favors particular cases', a meaning directly inferable from the components.
Etymology
Particularist is built from particular plus the ending -ist meaning 'someone who'. A particularist is a person who looks at each case or detail rather than following broad rules.