# panpsychism

> English word · Noun · IPA /pænˈsaɪˌkɪzəm/

## Definitions
1. The belief that all matter is conscious in some form.
2. Synonym of panexperientialism, the particular form of panpsychism that holds experience but not cognition as universal.
3. A particular form of panpsychism.

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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