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Etymology
From Gr. �άν (pán) "all" and θε�� (Theós) "god". The term "pantheist" - of which "pantheism" is a variation - was purportedly first used by Irish writer w:John Toland|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|/pæn'θi'ĭz'�m

Alternative spellings
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
en-noun

1. The belief that the universe is 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 pantheism/Citations

Derived terms
top2
pantheist
pantheists
pantheistic
pantheistical
mid2
pantheistically
pandeism
panentheism

Translations
trans-top|belief that the universe is divine
Afrikaans: pantheïsme
Chinese:

• Mandarin: (traditional and simplified) æ³�ç¥�论 (fànshÄ�nlùn)

Croatian: t-|hr|panteizam|m
Czech: t-|cs|panteismus
Danish: t-|da|panteisme
Dutch: t+|nl|pantheïsme|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|panteismo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|panteismi
French: t+|fr|panthéisme|m
German: t+|de|Pantheismus|m
Greek: t+|el|�ανθε��μ��|trpantheísmos|scGrek
Hebrew: פנת���� ;פַּנְתֵּ�ִ��ְ� (panteizm)
Icelandic: t-|is|algyðistrú
Italian: t+|it|panteismo|m
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Japanese: ��� (������)
Korean: ��론 (���, beomsinron)
Latin: religio pantheia
Macedonian: пан�еизам (panteízm) m
Norwegian: t-|no|panteisme
Nynorsk: panteisme
Polish: t-|pl|panteizm|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|panteísmo|m
Russian: t-|ru|пан�еизм|m|trpanteízm|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|panteizmus
Spanish: t+|es|panteísmo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|panteism
Turkish: t+|tr|panteizm|m
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See also
theism

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Category:English nouns
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