panpsychism

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panpsychism

/pænˈsaɪˌkɪzəm/ US
/pænˈsaɪˌkɪzm/ US
/panˈsʌɪkɪzm/ UK
/panˈsʌɪkɪzəm/ UK

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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”).

noun panpsychisms · pampsychism

uncountable The belief that all matter is conscious in some form. In very general terms, the thesis of panpsychism is that throughout nature there is mentality, that the mentality of which each of us is aware in our own thoughts and experiences is present in various forms in a wide range of natural bodies... Those that have minds (souls) are those whom we describe
uncountable Synonym of panexperientialism, the particular form of panpsychism that holds experience but not cognition as universal.
Similar: panexperientialism
countable A particular form of panpsychism. Whitehead devised such a conception, which to my mind definitely supersedes the panpsychisms of the history of metaphysics.

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noun doctrine that all matter is conscious in some way

Español	pampsiquismo
日本語	汎心論 hanshinron
中文	泛心論 /泛心论 fànxīnlùn
Português	panpsiquismo
Français	panpsychisme
Deutsch	Panpsychismus
Italiano	panpsichismo
Ελληνικά	παμψυχισμός pampsychismós, παμψυχία pampsychía
Română	panpsihism
Русский	панпсихи́зм panpsixízm

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@misc{panpsychism_2026,
  title = {panpsychism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/panpsychism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}