different between pantheism vs monism

English

Etymology

From pan- +? Ancient Greek ???? (theós, “god, divine”) +? -ism. The term "pantheist" - of which "pantheism" is a variation - was purportedly first used by Irish writer John Toland in his 1705 work, Socinianism Truly Stated, by a pantheist. A critic of Toland, J. Fay, was the first to use the term "pantheism" in 1709, in Defensio Religionis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæn.?i.?z.?m/
• Hyphenation: pan?the?ism

Alternative forms

• sometimes hyphenated: pan-theism
• sometimes capitalized: Pantheism

Noun

pantheism (countable and uncountable, plural pantheisms)

1. (religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
2. (rare, religion) The belief in all gods; omnitheism.

Quotations

• See Citations:pantheism

Hyponyms

• neo-pantheism

Derived terms

Related terms

• pandeism
• panentheism
• theism

Translations

English

Etymology

The word was coined by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff and first used in English in 1862, from New Latin monismus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mónos, “alone”).

Noun

monism (countable and uncountable, plural monisms)

1. (philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.

Translations

Related terms

• immanence
• pandeism
• pantheism
• panentheism

See also

• dualism
• pluralism

Anagrams

• Momins, Nimmos, nomism, omnism

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monisme.

Noun

monism n (uncountable)

1. monism

Declension

Swedish

Noun

monism c

1. monism

Declension