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
5- 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
3- malevolent
- cruel
- indifferent
It naturally appears in
3- 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.
- wiktionary, English adjective, infinitely benevolent sense opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-27
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