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omnipotence

UK/ɒmˈnɪpətəns/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,097 of 15,258neutral

Omnipotence is power without any limit. Divine omnipotence, the omnipotence of the state.

It belongs to theology, where it has produced arguments for two thousand years about what such power could actually do. To speak of anybody's omnipotence outside religion is always exaggeration.

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Definitions of omnipotence

  1. 1nounomnipotencePower without any limit.C1

    “The whole argument turns on what omnipotence could actually mean.”

omnipotence is a power.

Where it comes from

Latin omnipotentia is omnis, all, plus potens, powerful.

  1. Latin

    omnipotentia

  2. Old French

    omnipotence

  3. Middle English

    omnipotens

  4. English, today

    omnipotence

From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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omnipotence in the wild

  • The omnipotence paradox is a family of paradoxes that arise with varying understandings of the concept of omnipotence.

    Omnipotence paradox

  • The omnipotence paradox has medieval origins, dating at least to the 10th century, when Saadia Gaon responded to the question of whether God's omnipotence extended to logical absurdities.

    Omnipotence paradox

  • Open theists interpret the classical doctrine of omnipotence as involving force and suggest a forbearance in divine power instead.

    Classical theism

  • Most finitists accept the absolute goodness of God but reject omnipotence.

    Theistic finitism

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.