Omega pointn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊmᵻɡə ˌpɔɪnt/, U.S.

/oʊˈmeɪɡə ˌpɔɪnt/,

/oʊˈmɛɡə ˌpɔɪnt/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: omega n., point n.¹

Etymology: < omega n. + point n.¹, after French point Oméga (P. Teilhard de Chardin Le phénomène humain (1955) 288).

1. Theology. With reference to the writings of P. Teilhard de Chardin: a hypothesized end to evolutionary development in which all sentient life will converge into a supreme consciousness; God or Christ as this final end. Also more widely: a final purpose, an end. Cf. omega n. 1b.The translated text of the first edition of Teilhard de Chardin's book uses Omega, not Omega point.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > theoretical scientific philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of Teilhard de Chardin

Omega point1959

omega1960

Teilhardian1970

1959 B. Wall tr. T. de Chardin Phenomenon of Man iv. ii. 259 Its enormous layers..must somewhere ahead become involuted to a point which we might call Omega, which fuses and consumes them integrally in itself.]

1959 B. Wall in B. Wall tr. T. de Chardin Phenomenon of Man ii. 57 When I come to unveil (with all due reservations and corrections) the perspective of the ‘Omega point’.

1965 Listener 3 June 817/2 The idea has something in common with Teilhard de Chardin's concept of the ‘Omega Point’.

1977 Time 28 Feb. 45/1 Teilhard believed man would eventually transcend his individualism and converge at the ‘Omega Point’ with the Omega—God.

1983 Amer. Lit. 55 461 Emerson's hope for an ‘apocalypse’..sounds more like Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's ‘noösphere’, which at an ‘omega point’ in cosmic history will become a planetary hypersonal consciousness.

1995 Sci. Amer. July 84/3 Tipler claims that theology is simply a sub-branch of physics and that God is what he defines as the Omega Point: the end point to our universe.

2. In extended use: a culminating point, an acme; a turning point. Also ironic.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point

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Omega point1981

1981 MLN 96 931 The holocaust remains undecipherable... Yet..it does re-present a kind of omega-point of horror and desire.

1984 Contemp. Sociol. 13 693/1 Let us..[imagine] that self-care, lay-care, and movement-centered health liberation were to reach an omega point.

1997 Harper's Mag. May 49/1 Eventually there'll be some sort of dramatic Omega Point at which everything changes.

2000 Time Internat. (Electronic ed.) 9 Oct. The sporting fraternity concedes that there is a so-called Omega point beyond which the human frame cannot go.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	omega point
释义	Omega pointn. Brit. /ˈəʊmᵻɡə ˌpɔɪnt/, U.S. /oʊˈmeɪɡə ˌpɔɪnt/, /oʊˈmɛɡə ˌpɔɪnt/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: omega n., point n.¹ Etymology: < omega n. + point n.¹, after French point Oméga (P. Teilhard de Chardin Le phénomène humain (1955) 288). 1. Theology. With reference to the writings of P. Teilhard de Chardin: a hypothesized end to evolutionary development in which all sentient life will converge into a supreme consciousness; God or Christ as this final end. Also more widely: a final purpose, an end. Cf. omega n. 1b.The translated text of the first edition of Teilhard de Chardin's book uses Omega, not Omega point. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > theoretical scientific philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of Teilhard de Chardin Omega point1959 omega1960 Teilhardian1970 1959 B. Wall tr. T. de Chardin Phenomenon of Man iv. ii. 259 Its enormous layers..must somewhere ahead become involuted to a point which we might call Omega, which fuses and consumes them integrally in itself.] 1959 B. Wall in B. Wall tr. T. de Chardin Phenomenon of Man ii. 57 When I come to unveil (with all due reservations and corrections) the perspective of the ‘Omega point’. 1965 Listener 3 June 817/2 The idea has something in common with Teilhard de Chardin's concept of the ‘Omega Point’. 1977 Time 28 Feb. 45/1 Teilhard believed man would eventually transcend his individualism and converge at the ‘Omega Point’ with the Omega—God. 1983 Amer. Lit. 55 461 Emerson's hope for an ‘apocalypse’..sounds more like Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's ‘noösphere’, which at an ‘omega point’ in cosmic history will become a planetary hypersonal consciousness. 1995 Sci. Amer. July 84/3 Tipler claims that theology is simply a sub-branch of physics and that God is what he defines as the Omega Point: the end point to our universe. 2. In extended use: a culminating point, an acme; a turning point. Also ironic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point prickOE heighta1050 full1340 higha1398 pointc1400 roofa1500 top-castle1548 ruff1549 acmea1568 tip1567 noontide1578 high tide1579 superlative1583 summity1588 spring tide1593 meridian1594 period1595 apogee1600 punctilio1601 high-water mark1602 noon1609 zenith1610 auge1611 apex1624 culmination1633 cumble1640 culmen1646 climax1647 topc1650 cumulus1659 summit1661 perigeum1670 highest1688 consummation1698 stretch1741 high point1787 perihelion1804 summary1831 comble1832 heading up1857 climacteric1870 flashpoint1878 tip-end1885 peak1902 noontime1903 Omega point1981 1981 MLN 96 931 The holocaust remains undecipherable... Yet..it does re-present a kind of omega-point of horror and desire. 1984 Contemp. Sociol. 13 693/1 Let us..[imagine] that self-care, lay-care, and movement-centered health liberation were to reach an omega point. 1997 Harper's Mag. May 49/1 Eventually there'll be some sort of dramatic Omega Point at which everything changes. 2000 Time Internat. (Electronic ed.) 9 Oct. The sporting fraternity concedes that there is a so-called Omega point beyond which the human frame cannot go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959
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