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pantheism definition

pan·the·ism (pan′t̸hē iz′əm)

noun

  1. the doctrine that God is not a personality, but that all laws, forces, manifestations, etc. of the universe are God; the belief that God and the universe are one and the same
  2. the worship, or toleration of worship, of all gods of various cults

Etymology: Fr panthéisme < panthéiste < E pantheist, coined (1705) by J. Toland, Ir deist: see pan-, theo-, & -ism

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