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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

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  • everyday

    creative

    ordinary ability to make new things is meant

    not when Creative is far weaker and nonabsolute.

  • professional

    generative

    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

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  • sterile
  • uncreative
  • destructive

It naturally appears in

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  • 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.

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