pantheistic

[ pan-thee-is-tik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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.
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.

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

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