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omnibenevolent en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnisder. English omni- English benevolent English omnibenevolent From omni- (“all”) + benevolent (“good-willed”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) All-loving, or infinitely good, usually in reference to a deity or supernatural being, for example, God.
    • Any omnibenevolent being would will the complete and immediate nonexistence of evil. 1984, John Eric Nolt, Informal Logic: Possible Worlds and Imagination, page 77:
    • The omnibenevolent God, by definition, was unable to withhold forgiveness from his people.

Relateds

omnibenevolence

Translations (12)

fi kaikkihyvä (all-loving or infinitely good) · sv allgod (all-loving or infinitely good) · ru вселюбящий (all-loving or infinitely good) · nl algoed (all-loving or infinitely good) · la omnibonus (all-loving or infinitely good) · ja 全良たる (all-loving or infinitely good) · pt onibenevolente (all-loving or infinitely good) · es todobenevolente (all-loving or infinitely good) · es omnibenevolente (all-loving or infinitely good) · fr omnibienveillant (all-loving or infinitely good) · pt todo-amoroso (all-loving or infinitely good) · de allgütig (all-loving or infinitely good)