particularism

Etymology
From, after.

Noun

 * 1) An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
 * 2)  The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
 * 3)  The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.
 * 1)  The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.

Etymology
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