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Particularism vs Universalism - What's the difference?

particularism | universalism |

As nouns the difference between particularism and universalism

is that particularism is the principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation while universalism is the state of being universal; universality.

As a proper noun Universalism is

short for Unitarian Universalism.

particularism

English

(wikipedia particularism)

Noun

(-)
  • (theology) The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
  • An exclusive focus on a particular group, area, sect etc.
  • (politics) The principle that individual states, races of a federation etc. may act independently of a central authority.
  • *2011 , (Norman Davies), Vanished Kingdoms , Penguin 2012, p. 221:
  • *:Despite the dominance of Castile and the stream of centralizing measures flowing from the new capital in Madrid, Aragonese particularism continued to make itself felt right up to the early eighteenth century.

    • universalism

    English

    (wikipedia universalism) ("universalism on Wikiquote")

    Noun

  • The state of being universal; universality.
  • The theological belief that all souls can attain salvation.
  • (rfc-sense)

    • Related terms

    * universe * universal * universally * universality * universalist * Universalist English words suffixed with -ism