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panpsychism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /pænˈsaɪˌkɪzəm/
  • General-American: /pænˈsaɪˌkɪzm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /panˈsʌɪkɪzm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /panˈsʌɪkɪzəm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The belief that all matter is conscious in some form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of panexperientialism, the particular form of panpsychism that holds experience but not cognition as universal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: panexperientialism

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A particular form of panpsychism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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History

Etymology

From pan- + psychism, a calque of German Panpsychismus (1874), from New Latin pampsychia coined by Francisco Patrizi in his 1591 Nova de Universis Philosophia, from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “mind, life force, soul”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia: forming abstract nouns”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πάμψυχος (pámpsukhos, “in full life”) and Modern Greek παμψυχισμός (pampsychismós, “panpsychism”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: panpsixizm — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Bulgarian: панпсихи́зъм (panpsihízǎm) — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Catalan: panpsiquisme — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泛心論 /泛心论 (fànxīnlùn) — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Dutch: panpsychisme — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Estonian: panpsühhism — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Finnish: panpsykismi — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • French: panpsychisme — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • German: Panpsychismus — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Greek: παμψυχισμός (pampsychismós) — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Greek: παμψυχία (pampsychía) — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Hungarian: pánpszichizmus — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Indonesian: panpsikisme — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Italian: panpsichismo — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Japanese: 汎心論 (hanshinron) — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Latvian: panpsihisms — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Polish: panpsychizm — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Portuguese: panpsiquismo — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Romanian: panpsihism — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Russian: панпсихи́зм (panpsixízm) — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Serbo-Croatian: панпсихизам — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Serbo-Croatian: panpsihizam — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Slovak: panpsychizmus — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Spanish: pampsiquismo — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Swedish: panpsykism — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way
  • Ukrainian: панпсихі́зм (panpsyxízm) — doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way