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polypantheism

Syllables: po·ly·pan·the·is·m/ˈpɒ.liˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/

polypantheism noun: belief in multiple impersonal nontranscendent deities embodied by natural phenomena.

Noun

polypantheism (uncountable)

  1. Belief in multiple impersonal nontranscendent deities embodied by natural phenomena.
    • This may be as simple as the atheist's world view, which actively denies the existence of any God and the validity of any religious system, or as complicated as the constantly evolving polypantheism which is intricately woven into the Hindu world view.1980, Walter Martin, Gretchen Passantino, The New Cults, page 128
    • A postrational passive principle philosophy in defense of feminist polypantheism2006, Indi Riverflow, Blues 4 Kali, →ISBN

Examples of polypantheism in a sentence

  • as noted, Tarde's theory is also a panpsychism, and in his own terms a 'myriatheism' (p. 25), which might be less elegantly paraphrased as polypantheism.2011, Gabriel de Tarde, Monadology and Sociology, page 73:
  • The difficulty with polypantheism is the tendency to order, to classify.2014, Emma Restall Orr, Spirits of the Sacred Grove:

Origin of polypantheism

Immediately from poly- + pantheism. Ultimately from poly- + pan- + Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, divine”) + -ism.

Words formed from polypantheism

  • polypantheist
  • polypantheistic
  • polypantheistical
  • polypantheistically

Questions about polypantheism

What does polypantheism mean?
Polypantheism means belief in multiple impersonal nontranscendent deities embodied by natural phenomena.
How do you use polypantheism in a sentence?
as noted, Tarde's theory is also a panpsychism, and in his own terms a 'myriatheism' (p. 25), which might be less elegantly paraphrased as polypantheism.
What part of speech is polypantheism?
Polypantheism is a noun.
How do you pronounce polypantheism?
Polypantheism is pronounced /ˈpɒ.liˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/.

Words near polypantheism in the dictionary

  1. polyoxygenated
  2. polyoxymethylene
  3. polyoxymethylenes
  4. polyp
  5. polypaint
  6. polypantheism
  7. polyparaphenylene
  8. polyparaphenylenes
  9. polyparasitic
  10. polyparasitism
  11. polyparasitized

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