physitheismn.

Brit.

/ˌfɪzᵻˈθiːɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˌfɪzᵻˈθiɪz(ə)m/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕύσις , -theism comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕύσις nature (see physis n.) + -theism comb. form. Compare earlier physiolatry n.

Now rare.

Deification of the powers or phenomena of nature; nature-worship.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > nature of god(s) > deification > of nature

physitheism1881

1881 Trans. Anthropol. Soc. Washington 128 Monotheism has been held to be the original mythology, then polytheism, then physitheism, or nature worship, then ancestor worship.

1891 Chautauquan Dec. 291 Physitheism is the theology and religion of the barbaric world. In this religion the weather-producing agents and the phenomena of the weather are personified and deified.

1956 Amer. Anthropologist 58 1000 They superseded animal gods with the personified and deified natural powers (physitheism).

2002 J. Hoffman & G. S. Rosenkrantz Divine Attributes i. 12 Stoicism is a kind of physitheism, the belief in a God or gods that is physical in nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	physitheism
释义	physitheismn. Brit. /ˌfɪzᵻˈθiːɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌfɪzᵻˈθiɪz(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕύσις , -theism comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕύσις nature (see physis n.) + -theism comb. form. Compare earlier physiolatry n. Now rare. Deification of the powers or phenomena of nature; nature-worship. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > nature of god(s) > deification > of nature physitheism1881 1881 Trans. Anthropol. Soc. Washington 128 Monotheism has been held to be the original mythology, then polytheism, then physitheism, or nature worship, then ancestor worship. 1891 Chautauquan Dec. 291 Physitheism is the theology and religion of the barbaric world. In this religion the weather-producing agents and the phenomena of the weather are personified and deified. 1956 Amer. Anthropologist 58 1000 They superseded animal gods with the personified and deified natural powers (physitheism). 2002 J. Hoffman & G. S. Rosenkrantz Divine Attributes i. 12 Stoicism is a kind of physitheism, the belief in a God or gods that is physical in nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881
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