Particularism

Particularism may refer to:

• Epistemological particularism, a position concerning the problem of the criterion in epistemology (philosophy)
• Historical particularism, an approach in anthropology
• Literary particularism, a literary genre that emphasizes details
• Moral particularism, the view that there are no universal 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