adherent vs particularist

adherent

noun
  • A person who has membership in some group, association or religion. 

adj
  • Adhesive, sticking to something. 

  • Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something. 

  • Attaching or pressing against a different organ. 

particularist

noun
  • One who holds to particularism. 

adj
  • Adhering to particularism. 

  • Showing excessive devotion to one's own region, nation, party etc. 

How often have the words adherent and particularist occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )