pantheism

[ pan-thee-iz-uh m ]

/ ˈpæn θiˌɪz əm /

noun

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.

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

Nearby words

pantaloons, pantechnicon, pantelleria, panth, panthalassa, pantheism, pantheistic, pantheon, pantheonize, panther, panther fungus

Origin of pantheism

From the French word panthéisme, dating back to 1725–35. See pan-, theism

Related forms

pan·the·ist, nounpan·the·is·tic, pan·the·is·ti·cal, adjectivepan·the·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·pan·the·is·tic, adjective

non·pan·the·is·ti·cal, adjectivenon·pan·the·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·pan·the·is·tic, adjectiveun·pan·the·is·ti·cal, adjectiveun·pan·the·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for pantheism

In this debate, Lewis represents ‘mere Christianity’, Kennedy modern humanism, and Huxley ‘Eastern pantheism’.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This lawyer-scientist thinks nothing can prevent science from falling into the arms of pantheism, and he champions it vigorously.
The Universe a Vast Electric Organism|George Woodward Warder
Along with this experience of abiding faith in him goes a dash of mysticism, of pantheism.
My Contemporaries In Fiction|David Christie Murray
There is only one step higher than Christianity, and that is Pantheism.
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith|Robert Patterson

Pantheism regards matter and mind as one, embracing everything finite and infinite, and calls this universal existence God.
The Articles of Faith|James E. Talmage
This is rather a relief after overdoses of Wordsworth's pantheism and Keats's paganism.
Res Judicat|Augustine Birrell

British Dictionary definitions for pantheism

pantheism

/ (ˈpænθɪˌɪzəm) /

noun

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

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

readiness to worship all or a large number of gods

Derived Formspantheist, nounpantheistic or pantheistical, adjectivepantheistically, adverb

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Culture definitions for pantheism

pantheism

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.”