pantheistic

American  

[pan-thee-is-tik] / ˌpæn θiˈɪs tɪk /

Sometimes pantheist

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.

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of pantheistic

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

Example Sentences

O’Keeffe and Stieglitz both found a kindred spirit in Lawrence’s intense passion for nature and its spiritual dimensions, pantheistic in its fervor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

They follow the pantheistic Seng Khasi religion, which holds that God exists in everyone and everything.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

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.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

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.

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2021

The Jews excommunicated him because he advocated a pantheistic doctrine, something like the “allness of God,” or “God in everything.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey