emanationism

9.9

The belief that everything comes out from one source

noun
/ˌɛmənəˈneɪʃənɪzəm/

Specialized

: emanacionismo

emanationism is the idea that everything in the universe originates from a single, divine source.
emanationism and pantheism

Examples

Here it becomes clear that while Moltmann explicitly and consistently rejects pantheism and emanationism, he is compelled by the logic implied in this thinking to maintain the essential insights of both pantheism and emanationism in his doctrines of the Trinity and creation.

Academic text (1990)
In order to overcome pantheism and emanationism, Moltmann simply says that his panentheism is compatible with these Christian doctrines without being able to show how.

Academic text (1990)
Here it becomes clear that while Moltmann explicitly and consistently rejects pantheism and emanationism, he is compelled by the logic implied in this thinking to maintain the essential insights of both pantheism and emanationism in his doctrines of the Trinity and creation.

Academic text (1990)
According to emanationism, the universe unfolds naturally from an ultimate principle or truth.
Many philosophical discussions about the origins of reality reference emanationism as a key theory.

Synonyms

monogenesis

vsemanationism

Specialized

9.9

The idea that many different things, like languages or species, come from one original source

emphasizes a flowing out from one original principle

Surface Forms

emanationism singular

emanationisms plural

Morphology

emanationism = emanation (transparent) = emanation + ism

Formed by the noun 'emanation' + the productive doctrinal suffix '-ism'; the meaning ('doctrine/belief about emanations') follows standard derivation.

Etymology

Emanationism comes from the Latin verb emanare, which means 'to flow out', and the ending -ism, which means 'a belief' or 'system'. Think of it as the idea that everything 'flows out' from one single source, which is exactly what the theory says.