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Webster 1913 Edition

Pantheism

Pan′the-ism

,
Noun.
[
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 natural laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism. The doctrine denies that God is a rational personality.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pantheism

PAN'THEISM

,
Noun.
[Gr. all, and God, whence theism.] The doctrine that the universe is God, or the system of theology in which it is maintained that the universe is the supreme God.

Definition 2024

Pantheism

Pantheism

English

Noun

Pantheism ‎(uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of pantheism

Usage notes

  • Sometimes capitalized when discussing use as a formal theory.

pantheism

pantheism

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Alternative forms

  • sometimes hyphenated or expressed as a phrase: pan-theism, pan theism
  • sometimes either the P or (rarely) both the P and T are capitalized: Pantheism, PanTheism
  • variations of capitalization and spacing may be combined: Pan-theism, Pan-Theism, Pan Theism, Pan theism

Noun

pantheism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pantheisms)

  1. (religion) 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.
  2. (rare, religion) The belief in all gods; omnitheism.

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  • See Citations:pantheism

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Etymology

From pan- +‎ Ancient Greek θεός ‎(theós, “god, divine”) +‎ -ism. The term "pantheist" - of which "pantheism" is a variation - was purportedly first used by Irish writer John Toland in his 1705 work, Socinianism Truly Stated, by a pantheist. A critic of Toland, J. Fay, was the first to use the term "pantheism" in 1709, in Defensio Religionis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/
  • Hyphenation: pan‧the‧ism

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