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单词 omnificence
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omnificencen.

Brit. /ɒmˈnɪfᵻs(ə)ns/, U.S. /ɑmˈnɪfəs(ə)ns/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: omnific adj., -ence suffix.
Etymology: < omnific adj. + -ence suffix. Compare earlier omnificent adj.
The fact or quality of being omnific, of making or doing everything.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > doing or creating everything
omnificence1881
1881 J. Ruskin Our Fathers have told Us i. ii. 62 Unwearied in protective friendship, in meekly dextrous omnificence, in latent tutorship.
1941 Mind 50 297 He therefore devotes the rest of the chapter to divine ‘omnificence’, i.e. the doctrine that all that is in fact done is done by God.
1965 Philos. Rev. 74 446 The correct condemnation of irrationality..should be based instead on the goal of what I shall call Socratic omniscience and Stoic omnificence.
1982 J. L. Mackie Miracle of Theism ix. 161 Omnipotence and omniscience together entail omnifience: God does everything.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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