pantheistic

[ pan-thee-is-tik ]

adjective

1. relating to or embracing pantheism, the doctrine that God is the transcendent, spiritual, impersonal reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations:

   Some Hindus are pantheistic, believing that just as all the various gods are aspects of the one true God, so is everything else in creation.

2. relating to or embracing any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that God is identical with the universe:

   The radical sect combines vegetarianism, naturopathy, and belief in a pantheistic God personifying the natural order of things.

Other Words From

• pan·the·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
• non·pan·the·is·tic adjective
• non·pan·the·is·ti·cal adjective
• non·pan·the·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
• un·pan·the·is·tic adjective
• un·pan·the·is·ti·cal adjective
• un·pan·the·is·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pantheistic¹

First recorded in 1730–40; pantheist ( def ) + -ic ( def )

Example Sentences

The labyrinth itself is a kind of mosaic, and along the path are embedded treasures, every one of which has meaning according to its placement among the winding rings, the various meanings pantheistic and multicultural.

From Seattle Times

They follow the pantheistic Seng Khasi religion, which holds that God exists in everyone and everything.

From Seattle Times

The new instructions allow families to keep a small portion of ashes in a place that has meaning for the deceased “provided that every type of pantheistic, naturalistic, or nihilistic misunderstanding is ruled out.”

From New York Times

And not just near the end of his life, when his horizon-less views of his garden at Giverny suggested a new kind of poetic, pantheistic vision that inspired such abstract artists as Jackson Pollock, Ellsworth Kelly, Philip Guston and Joan Mitchell.

From Washington Post

In many of his longer works, such as “The Man Whom the Trees Loved” or the novel “The Centaur,” the protagonists experience veritable rapture, surrendering themselves to Nature or a pantheistic cosmos.

From Washington Post