Definition

1. Noun:
   • A doctrine identifying God with the universe: The belief that God is identical with the universe and its phenomena, conceived as a whole. Reality and divinity are one and the same.
   • The worship that admits all gods: (Rare) A form of worship that tolerates or accepts the existence of all deities.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The poet's work reflects a deep sense of pantheism, seeing the divine in every leaf and stream.
  • Some ancient philosophies are forms of pantheism, equating nature with the sacred.

Advanced Usage

• Philosophical Context: In metaphysics, pantheism is often contrasted with theism (belief in a personal, transcendent God) and atheism.
  • The debate between theism and pantheism centers on the nature of the divine and its relationship to the cosmos.

Variants and Related Words

• Pantheist (n): A person who believes in or advocates pantheism.
  • The philosopher was a known pantheist.
• Pantheistic (adj): Of or relating to pantheism.
  • Her pantheistic worldview influenced her environmental activism.

Synonyms

• Cosmotheism: (Rare) The identification of God with the cosmos.
• Nature worship: Veneration of natural phenomena as divine, closely related but not identical to pantheism.

Related Phrases

• Philosophical pantheism: The intellectual doctrine that the universe is God.
• Religious pantheism: The devotional or spiritual practice based on pantheistic beliefs.

Noun

1. 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
2. (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods