English Explanatory Dictionary

pansensism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The closely allied forms of panpsychism espoused by the Italian Renaissance philosophers Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588) and Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), in which all things are capable of perception or sensation.

Pronunciation

pănsĕnʹsĭzm /panˈsɛnsɪzm/

Word forms

pansensism

Etymology

First attested in 1956; formed as pan- + sense + -ism. Compare omnisensuality and panæsthetism.

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