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pampathy

UK/ˈpampəθi/

pampathy noun: the supposed faculty that causes its possessors to yearn to commune with the “All” of existence.

Noun

pampathy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The supposed faculty that causes its possessors to yearn to commune with the “All” of existence.
    • It is a “pampathy” or all-feeling which produces in every individual a deep-felt longing to be at one with the whole universe of which each is a part.1918, Édouard Le Roy, translated by Lydia Gillingham Robinson, What Is a Dogma?, page 5

Proper noun capitalized: Pampathy

Pampathy

  1. A surname.

Forms of pampathy

alternative formpanpathy

Origin of pampathy

Formed as pam- (“all”) + -pathy (“feeling”) after sympathy, empathy, etc.

Questions about pampathy

What does pampathy mean?
Pampathy means the supposed faculty that causes its possessors to yearn to commune with the “All” of existence.
What part of speech is pampathy?
Pampathy can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pampathy?
Pampathy is pronounced /ˈpampəθi/ (UK).

Words near pampathy in the dictionary

  1. pampasic
  2. pampathere
  3. pampatheres
  4. pampatheriid
  5. pampatheriids
  6. pampathy
  7. pampcritter
  8. pampcritters
  9. pampean
  10. pampeans
  11. pampelmoes

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