pantheistic

Sometimes pan·the·ist

[pan-thee-is-tik]

adjective

1. relating to or embracing pantheism, the doctrine that God is the transcendent, spiritual, impersonal reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations.

   Some Hindus are pantheistic, believing that just as all the various gods are aspects of the one true God, so is everything else in creation.

2. relating to or embracing any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that God is identical with the universe.

   The radical sect combines vegetarianism, naturopathy, and belief in a pantheistic God personifying the natural order of things.

Other Word Forms

• pantheistically adverb
• nonpantheistic adjective
• nonpantheistical adjective
• nonpantheistically adverb
• unpantheistic adjective
• unpantheistical adjective
• unpantheistically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pantheistic¹

First recorded in 1730–40; pantheist ( def. ) + -ic ( def. )

Example Sentences

The labyrinth itself is a kind of mosaic, and along the path are embedded treasures, every one of which has meaning according to its placement among the winding rings, the various meanings pantheistic and multicultural.

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The new instructions allow families to keep a small portion of ashes in a place that has meaning for the deceased “provided that every type of pantheistic, naturalistic, or nihilistic misunderstanding is ruled out.”

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In many of his longer works, such as “The Man Whom the Trees Loved” or the novel “The Centaur,” the protagonists experience veritable rapture, surrendering themselves to Nature or a pantheistic cosmos.

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They said “Shamanic adherents accounted for 43 cases, 24 cases were related to Christianity, and one case was related to Cheondogyo,” a native pantheistic religion.

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The ugliness of MK-ULTRA’s experiments seems to have caused a reaction in Gottlieb himself, who eventually went to India, having embraced various kinds of pantheistic mysticism.

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