partialismn.
/ˈpɑːʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpɑːʃəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɑrʃ(ə)lˌɪz(ə)m/ΘΚΠ
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1843 Biblical Repertory Oct. 524 This gentleman is the clergyman in Maine who has recently renounced the false notions of orthodox partialism, and embraced in full the doctrine of universalism.
1865 F. H. Hedge Reason in Relig. 397 Turning now to the opposite view, we shall find that Partialism has its own peculiar difficulties.
2. A partial theory or view, which does not take into account all the facts of a matter; the holding of such a theory or view.
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1851 National Era (Washington) 1 May 71 Neither can such separate organizations sustain themselves long enough for success, because they have their own partialism and defectiveness to answer for.
1872 H. W. Beecher Pop. Lect. Preaching i. 25 Your mode of presenting the truth will be imperfect, your partialisms are full of danger.
1897 Chicago Advance 2 Dec. 779/3 The Gospel also is in danger..from partialism, because men do not fully realize what Christ is in his three offices of prophet, priest and king.
1922 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 3 167 In other words, the sociologist maintains that specialism is partialism unless it is organized into realism.
1971 Mind 80 456 Holism versus Partialism, and Mechanism versus Chemism and Vitalism represent more special forms of ‘intrinsic’ antinomy which need be no more than mentioned here.
1997 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 56 846 He rejects the modernist search for a fundamental answer to the question..in favor of adopting a postmodern partialism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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