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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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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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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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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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: panexperientialism
Antonyms: none provided
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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