pantheism

American  

[pan-thee-iz-uhm] / ˈpæn θiˌɪz əm /

noun

1. the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.

2. any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that identifies God with the universe.

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pantheism British  

/ ˈpænθɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which man, nature, and the material universe are manifestations

2. any doctrine that regards God as identical with the material universe or the forces of nature

3. readiness to worship all or a large number of gods

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pantheism Cultural  

1. The belief that God, or a group of gods, is identical with the whole natural world; pantheism comes from Greek roots meaning “belief that everything is a god.”

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Other Word Forms

• pantheist noun
• pantheistic adjective
• pantheistical adjective
• pantheistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of pantheism

First recorded in 1700–10; from French panthéisme, equivalent to pan- ( def. ) + theism ( def. )

Example Sentences

Lovecraft’s favorite supernatural short story, “The Willows,” also produced several head-spinning visionary novels around his belief in cosmic pantheism and the supra-human, most notably “The Centaur” and “Julius LeVallon.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

This radical idea, known as pantheism, has strange and paradoxical results.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

The systemic change that means the most to Brand is an embrace of meditation and pantheism.

From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2014

The first is radical environmentalism, which is best understood as a kind of nature-worshipping pantheism.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2011

The national religion of Europe in the North, even more than in the South, was pantheism.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich