Pantheism
//ˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God. countable, uncountable
- 2 Alternative spelling of pantheism. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 3 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 wordnet
- 4 The belief in all gods; omnitheism. countable, rare, uncountable
- 5 (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods wordnet
Example
More examples"I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but I admire even more his contribution to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and body as one, and not two separate things."
Etymology
From pan- + theism, in which pan derives from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân), meaning “all”, and theism from Ancient Greek θεός (theós), meaning “god”. The first known use is from 1702, in an English translation of Joseph Raphson’s 1697 book De Spatio Reali seu Ente Infinito, written in Latin, which coined the Latin term pantheismus.
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