omnibenevolentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

omnibenevolent (not comparable)

1. All-loving, or infinitely good, usually in reference to a deity or supernatural being, for example, God.

   The omnibenevolent God, by definition, was unable to withhold forgiveness from his people.

   • 1984, John Eric Nolt, Informal Logic: Possible Worlds and Imagination (page 77)

     Any omnibenevolent being would will the complete and immediate nonexistence of evil.

使用する際の注意点

• Its use is often with regards to the divine triad, whereby a deity, usually the Christian God, is described to be simultaneously omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent.

関連する語

• omnibenevolence