What is another word for particularistic?

Pronunciation: [pətˈɪkjʊləɹˈɪstɪk] (IPA)

Particularistic refers to the tendency to prioritize or focus on one's own group or community over others. There are several synonyms that can be used to describe this characteristic, including parochial, provincial, insular, and narrow-minded. Each of these words conveys a sense of limited perspective or a lack of consideration for outside viewpoints. Similarly, ethnocentric can also be used to describe particularistic tendencies, indicating a belief in the superiority of one's own culture or ethnicity. On the other hand, inclusive, cosmopolitan, global, and open-minded are antonyms of particularistic, indicating a broader perspective and willingness to consider diverse viewpoints and experiences.

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Usage examples for Particularistic

More important is it that both in early Christianity and in early Bahaism we find a conspicuous personage who succeeds in disengaging the faith from its particularistic envelope.
"The Reconciliation of Races and Religions"
Thomas Kelly Cheyne
In the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798 and 1799, which regard the Constitution as a compact of sovereign States and the National Government merely as their agent, the particularistic outlook definitely received a constitutional creed which in time was to become, at least in the South, a gloss upon the Constitution regarded as fully as authoritative as the original instrument.
"John Marshall and the Constitution A Chronicle of the Supreme Court, Volume 16 In The Chronicles Of America Series"
Edward S. Corwin
In short, the transition of Christianity from its Jewish to its Gentile form is not a mere enlargement of its field by the abolition of particularistic barriers.
"The Making of the New Testament"
Benjamin W. Bacon

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