partialism
(ˈpɑːʃəlɪz(ə)m)
[See -ism.]
1. A partial theory or view, which does not take into account the whole of the facts or subject.
| 1872 H. W. Beecher Lect. Preach. i. 25 Your mode of presenting the truth will be imperfect, your partialisms are full of danger. 1897 C. A. Berry in Chicago Advance 2 Dec. 779/3 The Gospel also is in danger. In danger from partialism, because men do not fully realize what Christ is in his three offices of prophet, priest and king. |
2. Theol. = particularism 1.
| 1864 in Webster. Hence in later Dicts. |