partialism
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
partialism (countable and uncountable, plural partialisms)
- (Christianity, theology) The doctrine that the three persons of the Trinity are each three parts of God; in other words, each one thirds of God.
- (Christianity, theology) The doctrine that Christ's atonement was made for only a part of humanity.
- Partiality; the quality of being partial.
- (psychiatry) The sexual attraction to specific parts of the body.
References edit
- “partialism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Forensic Psychiatry by Stephen J. Hucker, MB, BS, FRCP(C).