[pan-thee-iz-uh
m] 
| 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. |
| pan·the·ism (pān'thē-ĭz'əm) n.
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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.”