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Definition of pantheism - 4 dictionary results

pan⋅the⋅ism

  [pan-thee-iz-uhm]
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–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.
Origin:
1725–35; < F panthéisme. See pan-, theism

Related forms:
pan⋅the⋅ist, noun
pan⋅the⋅is⋅tic, pan⋅the⋅is⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
pan⋅the⋅is⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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pan·the·ism   (pān'thē-ĭz'əm)   
n.  
  1. A doctrine identifying the Deity with the universe and its phenomena.
  2. Belief in and worship of all gods.
pan'the·ist n., pan'the·is'tic, pan'the·is'ti·cal adj., pan'the·is'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Pantheism

Pan"the*ism\, n. [Pan- + theism.] The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.”

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