pantheism

See also: Pantheism, pan-theism, pan theism, Pan-Theism, and Pan-theism

English

Alternative forms

• sometimes hyphenated: pan-theism
• sometimes capitalized: Pantheism

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/

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• Hyphenation: pan‧the‧ism

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.

Quotations

• See Citations:pantheism

Hyponyms

• neo-pantheism

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pantheist
• pantheistic
• pantheistical
• pantheistically

Related terms

• pandeism
• panentheism
• theism

Translations

belief that the universe is divine

• Afrikaans: pantheïsme
• Arabic: وَحْدَة اَلْوُجُود f (waḥdat al-wujūd)
• Armenian: պանթեիզմ (hy) (pantʿeizm), համաստվածություն (hy) (hamastvacutʿyun)
• Belarusian: пантэі́зм m (panteízm)
• Bulgarian: пантеи́зъм (bg) m (panteízǎm)
• Catalan: panteisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泛神論／泛神论 (zh) (fànshénlùn)

• Czech: panteismus (cs)
• Danish: panteisme
• Dutch: pantheïsme (nl) n
• Esperanto: panteismo
• Finnish: panteismi (fi)
• French: panthéisme (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pantheismus (de) m
• Greek: πανθεϊσμός (el) m (pantheïsmós)
• Hebrew: פַּנְתֵּאִיזְם (he) m (panteizm)
• Icelandic: algyðistrú
• Italian: panteismo (it) m
• Japanese: 汎神論 (はんしんろん, hanshinron)
• Korean: 범신론(汎神論) (ko) (beomsinnon)
• Latin: religio pantheia
• Macedonian: пантеизам m (panteizam)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panteisme m

  Nynorsk: panteisme m

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

  Cyrillic: пантеизам m

  Roman: panteizam (sh) m

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