Omnific
adj.capable, hopefulliterary
What it means
Able to create or accomplish anything.
Reach for it when describing a divine or imaginative power as able to create everything
Ancient hymns praised an omnific power behind the living world.
Choose between these
5- everyday
ordinary ability to make new things is meant
not when Creative is far weaker and nonabsolute.
- professional
a process produces new forms or results
not when Generative does not imply limitless power.
- formal
all-creating
the literal theological idea needs transparent wording
not when The compound is explanatory rather than idiomatic.
- formal
omnipotent
unlimited power rather than creation is central
not when Omnipotence includes much more than creating.
- literary
world-making
art or myth creates an encompassing reality
not when World-making is figurative outside theology.
Said against
3- sterile
- uncreative
- destructive
It naturally appears in
3- omnific power
The hymn praises an omnific power behind sea and soil.
- omnific force
The poet imagines love as an omnific force.
- omnific word
In the myth, one omnific word brings the stars into being.
Where this comes from
Omnific is rare and primarily theological or poetic; all-creating is clearer in explanatory prose.
- wiktionary, English adjective, all-creating sense opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-27
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