polypantheism
/ˈpɒ.liˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/
polypantheism means belief in multiple impersonal nontranscendent deities embodied by natural phenomena. It carries an Arena rating of 1272, earned across 25 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, polypantheism ranks #168 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #389 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #1,171 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #3,417 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
polypantheism is pronounced /ˈpɒ.liˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/.
Why “polypantheism” is a great word
POLYPANTHEISM — [Noun] The belief in multiple impersonal, nontranscendent deities embodied by and immanent within natural phenomena. From poly- ("many") + pantheism (from pan- ("all") + Ancient Greek θεός (theós, "god, divine") + -ism ("doctrine, system")). Unlike polytheism, which venerates a pantheon of distinct, willful personalities, or pantheism, which declares the entire cosmos a single, unified divine substance, polypantheism perceives divinity as a fragmented immanence. It is the sacred not as a person but as a presence: the punishing indifference of a desert sun; the patient, consuming intelligence of a river carving stone; the silent, generative decay of a fallen log returning to soil. It finds a crowded, wordless holiness in the very processes that render us insignificant.
Etymology
Immediately from poly- + pantheism. Ultimately from poly- + pan- + Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, divine”) + -ism.
noun
- Belief in multiple impersonal nontranscendent deities embodied by natural phenomena.
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