pantheism

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Etymology

From pan- +‎ Ancient Greek θεός (“god”) +‎ -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: /ˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/

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 (plural pantheisms)

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

Quotations

• See Citations:pantheism

Derived terms

• neo-pantheism
• pantheist
• pantheists
• pantheistic

• pantheistical
• pantheistically
• pandeism
• panentheism

Translations

belief that the universe is divine

• Afrikaans: pantheïsme (af)
• Arabic: وحدة الوجود (ar) (wíḥdat al-wujūd) f
• Belarusian: пантэізм (be) (panteízm) m
• Bulgarian: пантеизъм (bg) (panteízǎm) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泛神論 (cmn), 泛神论 (cmn) (fànshénlùn)

• Czech: panteismus (cs)
• Danish: panteisme (da)
• Dutch: pantheïsme (nl) n
• Esperanto: panteismo (eo)
• Finnish: panteismi (fi)
• French: panthéisme (fr) m
• German: Pantheismus (de) m
• Greek: πανθεϊσμός (el) (pantheïsmós) m
• Hebrew: פַּנְתֵּאִיזְם (he) (panteizm) m
• Icelandic: algyðistrú (is)
• Italian: panteismo (it) m
• Japanese: 汎神論 (ja) (はんしんろん, hanshinron)
• Korean: 범신론 (ko) (beomsinron) (汎神論 (ko))

• Latin: religio pantheia
• Macedonian: пантеизам (mk) (panteízam) m
• Norwegian: panteisme (no)

  Nynorsk: panteisme

• Polish: panteizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: panteísmo (pt) m
• Romanian: panteism (ro)
• Russian: пантеизм (ru) (pantɛízm) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пантеизам (sh) m

  Roman: panteizam (sh) m

• Slovak: panteizmus (sk) m
• Slovene: panteizem (sl) m
• Spanish: panteísmo (es) m
• Swedish: panteism (sv)
• Turkish: panteizm (tr) m
• Ukrainian: пантеїзм (uk) (pantejízm) m
• Vietnamese: thuyết phiếm thần (vi)
• Welsh: holl-dduwiaeth (cy) f, pantheistiaeth (cy) f

See also

• theism