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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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n.

A doctrine identifying the Deity with the universe and its phenomena.
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
noun
1.	(rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods
2.	the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God

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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.”

[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion

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Pantheism

Cos"mo*the`ism\ (k?z"m?-th?`?z'm), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + ??? god.] Same as Pantheism. [R.]

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