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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In theology, the doctrine that the atonement was intended for and affects only a part of mankind.

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  • noun (Theol.) Partiality

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  • noun Partiality; specifically in theology the doctrine of the Partialists.
  • noun psychiatry The sexual attraction to specific parts of the body.

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Examples

  • Universelle: "only he is still more free from" partialism "(his own word) in his aspirations and practical suggestions with respect to an ultimate

    Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

  • If it could, other types of partialism, such as tribalism, racism, or sexism, would by the same token prove morally valuable too.

    Patriotism Primoratz, Igor 2009

  • "Foot partialism, or a foot fetish, is actually the most common form of fetish," said Ian

    ABC News: Top Stories 2010

  • For so long as Universalism is universalism and not partialism, the fellowship bearing its name must succeed in making it unmistakably clear that all are welcome: theist and humanist, unitarian and trinitarian, colored and color-less.

    UUpdates - All updates 2008

  • ˜partialism™ nor ˜impartialism™ unambiguously denote any single moral position; at best, they designate two poles of a continuum, one of which attributes no moral significance to the demands of (any sort of) impartiality, the other of which sees morality as exhausted by (some version of) impartiality.

    Impartiality Jollimore, Troy 2006

  • • Other paraphilias not otherwise specified (\ "Sexual Disorder NOS\") - telephone scatalogia (obscene phone calls) - necrophilia (corpses) - partialism (exclusive focus on one part of the body) - zoophilia (animals) - coprophilia (feces) - klismaphilia (enemas) - urophilia (urine) SEXUAL DISORDERS

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • “Alliance Universelle:” only he is still more free from “partialism "

    Lady Byron Vindicated Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 1870

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