Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to pantheism; identifying or having a tendency to identify God with the universe.
  • Relating to all the gods.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism.

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  • adjective Of or relating to pantheism.

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  • adjective of or relating to pantheism

Etymologies

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pan- +‎ theistic.

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Examples

  • Our contemporary mind having once for all grasped the possibility of a more intimate _Weltanschauung_, the only opinions quite worthy of arresting our attention will fall within the general scope of what may roughly be called the pantheistic field of vision, the vision of God as the indwelling divine rather than the external creator, and of human life as part and parcel of that deep reality.

    A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy William James 1876

  • In general they inclined to what is called the pantheistic explanation of the universe.

    Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873

  • The religious background to the movie has been described as "pantheistic" but that doesn't seem quite accurate.

    Archive 2009-12-01 James F. McGrath 2009

  • The religious background to the movie has been described as "pantheistic" but that doesn't seem quite accurate.

    Avatar James F. McGrath 2009

  • A.H. Armstrong says the term "pantheistic" is a "large, vague term of theological abuse," (Armstrong 1976: 187).

    Pantheism Levine, Michael 2007

  • And as far as Avatar: saw it in 3-D, was wowed by the special effects, thought the movie itself story, acting, directing, etc. was pretty average, wasn’t too bothered by the so-called pantheistic elements in it – it was just science fiction to me.

    My Kindle Got Run Over by a Car at Ray Fowler .org 2010

  • It is a dazzling display of luminous atoms, a kind of pantheistic evocation.

    The French Impressionists (1860-1900) Camille Mauclair 1908

  • It contained a kind of pantheistic theology closely analogous to those of Porphyry and

    Initiation into Philosophy ��mile Faguet 1881

  • The symphony is a pantheistic vision of the universe, a gigantic musical poem, a hymn to the natural world in the form of a step-by-step ascent of the great Ladder of Creation.

    SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

  • Leaving aside the inevitable demonising of the military, large corporations and industry, the lionising of noble savages in ecstatic pantheistic harmony with their computer game vegetation – all of which are irritating enough in their own right – the dialogue was so mind-numbingly trite, it make Titanic look like Proust.

    James Cameron, Avatar Aeolist « Anglican Samizdat 2010

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