Definitions

1. noun

A philosophical theory of emanation, especially as it applies to the universe or the divine.

“The concept of emanatism has been influential in the development of various philosophical and theological systems.”

2. noun

A theory of the origin and development of things, particularly in relation to the idea of emanation from a divine source.

“Some historians have linked the rise of emanatism to the influence of Neoplatonism on medieval philosophy.”