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pantheism

n. the doctrine that all of reality constitutes a unity and that this unity is divine. Thus, everything is part of God. Modern pantheism was first systematically propounded by Baruch Spinoza, who proposed that God and nature are coequivalent. Such a position is incompatible with traditional theism because it entails a God who is no more than the sum total of his creation. Some thinkers make a distinction between pantheism and panentheism, which maintains that God is everywhere in his creation but not coequivalent with it. —pantheist adj., n.

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November 21st 2024

brooding compulsion

brooding compulsion

an irresistible drive to mentally review trivial details or ponder abstract concepts as a means of reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation.