pampathyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Formed as pam- (“all”) +‎ -pathy (“feeling”) after sympathy, empathy, etc.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpampəθi/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpæmpəθɪ/

名詞

pampathy (uncountable)

1. (philosophy of religion, まれに) The supposed faculty that causes its possessors to yearn to commune with the “All” of existence.
   • 1918, Lydia Gillingham Robinson (translator), Édouard Le Roy (author), What Is a Dogma? page 5:

     It is a “pampathy” or all-feeling which produces in every individual a deep-felt longing to be at one with the whole universe of which each is a part.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:pampathy.