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Omnibenevolent

adj.kind, hopefulformal

What it means

Infinitely loving and good toward every being.

Reach for it when describing a deity or imagined being as perfectly good toward all

Theologians debated whether perfect goodness requires an omnibenevolent deity.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    all-good

    a concise theological gloss is needed

    not when All-good can sound informal and remains a strong doctrinal claim.

  • warm

    infinitely loving

    boundless love is the intended emphasis

    not when Love does not exhaust the concept of moral goodness.

  • warm

    perfectly compassionate

    response to suffering is central

    not when Compassion is narrower than complete benevolence.

  • formal

    universally benevolent

    goodwill toward every being matters

    not when Universal scope does not establish perfection.

  • literary

    supremely good

    elevated praise suits devotional prose

    not when Supreme goodness may still be short of unlimited goodness.

Said against

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  • malevolent
  • cruel
  • indifferent

It naturally appears in

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  • omnibenevolent deity

    The dialogue asks how an omnibenevolent deity would answer suffering.

  • perfectly omnibenevolent

    The narrator imagines a perfectly omnibenevolent ruler.

  • omnibenevolent creator

    An omnibenevolent creator is central to the thought experiment.

Where this comes from

Omnibenevolent is a technical theological attribution, not a measured description of an ordinary person.

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.