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Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.
J. William Fulbright

Meaning of "omnipotence" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OMNIPOTENCE

omnipotence  [ɒmˈnɪpətəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OMNIPOTENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Omnipotence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OMNIPOTENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

omnipotence

Omnipotence

Omnipotence is unlimited power. Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence to only the deity of whichever faith is being addressed. In the monotheistic philosophies of Abrahamic religions, omnipotence is often listed as one of a deity's characteristics among many, including omniscience, omnipresence, and omnibenevolence. The presence of all these properties in a single entity has given rise to considerable theological debate, the problem of theodicy prominently included.

Definition of omnipotence in the English dictionary

The definition of omnipotence in the dictionary is the quality of having very great or unlimited power.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OMNIPOTENCE


acceptance
əkˈsɛptəns
acquaintance
əˈkweɪntəns
armipotence
ɑːˈmɪpətəns
assistance
əˈsɪstəns
capacitance
kəˈpæsɪtəns
circumstance
ˈsɜːkəmstəns
competence
ˈkɒmpɪtəns
Constance
ˈkɒnstəns
distance
ˈdɪstəns
existence
ɪɡˈzɪstəns
importance
ɪmˈpɔːtəns
impotence
ˈɪmpətəns
inheritance
ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns
instance
ˈɪnstəns
persistence
pəˈsɪstəns
plenipotence
pleˈnɪpətəns
reluctance
rɪˈlʌktəns
resistance
rɪˈzɪstəns
sentence
ˈsɛntəns
substance
ˈsʌbstəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OMNIPOTENCE

omnificence
omnificent
omniform
omniformity
omnify
omnigenous
omnimode
omniparity
omniparous
omnipatient
omnipotency
omnipotent
omnipotently
omnipresence
omnipresent
omnirange
omniscience
omniscient
omnisciently
omnium

WORDS THAT END LIKE OMNIPOTENCE

at your convenience
coexistence
complex sentence
custodial sentence
death sentence
impenitence
inadvertence
incompetence
inexistence
insistence
jail sentence
life sentence
potence
presentence
pretence
prison sentence
simple sentence
struggle for existence
subsistence
suspended sentence
topic sentence

Synonyms and antonyms of omnipotence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OMNIPOTENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «omnipotence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of omnipotence

Translation of «omnipotence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OMNIPOTENCE

Find out the translation of omnipotence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of omnipotence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «omnipotence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无所不能
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

omnipotencia
570 millions of speakers

English

omnipotence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

omnipotence
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القدرة الكليه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

всемогущество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

onipotência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সর্বশক্তিমত্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

toute-puissance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kehebatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Allmacht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

全能
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전능
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omnipotence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sức vạn năng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எல்லையற்ற ஆற்றல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वस्वास्थित्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

her şeyi yapabilme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onnipotenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wszechmoc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

всемогутність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omnipotență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παντοδυναμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

almag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allmakt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

allmakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of omnipotence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OMNIPOTENCE»

The term «omnipotence» is regularly used and occupies the 96.429 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OMNIPOTENCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about omnipotence

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6 QUOTES WITH «OMNIPOTENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word omnipotence.
1
Alexis Carrel
Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.
2
James Dobson
Clearly, the Scripture tells us that we lack the capacity to grasp God's infinite mind or the way He intervenes in our lives. How arrogant of us to think otherwise! Trying to analyze His omnipotence is like an amoeba attempting to comprehend the behavior of man.
3
J. William Fulbright
Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.
4
Samuel Rutherford
My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.
5
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
6
Peter De Vries
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OMNIPOTENCE»

Discover the use of omnipotence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to omnipotence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Omnipotence and other Theological Mistakes
Can we worship a God so devoid of generosity as to deny us a share, however humble, in determining the details of the world, as minor participants in the creative process that is reality? To fully clarify our case against “omnipotence” we must ...
Charles Hartshorne, 2010
2
Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of ...
This paperback edition of Creation and the Persistence of Evil brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models of God for this post-Auschwitz era.
Jon Douglas Levenson, 1988
3
Omnipotence for the Millions
A thinking man's bedroom farce
Brook Ziporyn, 2001
4
The Revealed Nature and Orderly Operations of the Divine ...
It has grown out of the common error of supposing the omnipotence of God to be like the absolute power of a worldly monarch, whose acts are not regulated by law, but influenced by circumstances and caprice. But the omnipotence of God has ...
Elias de la Roche RENDELL, 1848
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Analytic Philosophy of Religion
While Swinburne sees his temporal-referenced, modified account of omnipotence as nonrestrictive, it is questionable that [D] retains a notion of omnipotence that would be acceptable to traditional theists. In the first place, there is no "ordinary ...
James Franklin Harris, 2002
6
Therapeutic Approaches in Work with Traumatised Children and ...
Therefore, the word could take on negative connotations portraying omnipotence in a pathological way. However, omnipotence is also an essential developmental experience (Winnicott 1960a, pp. 145–146). In a 'good enough' environment, ...
Patrick Tomlinson, 2004
7
Omnipotent Fantasies and the Vulnerable Self
This important new book addresses all aspects of omnipotence, from the merger fantasies of the baby who feels like an extension of the powerful parent, to the rigid defense omnipotent fantasies of the frightened borderline patient, to the ...
Carolyn S. Ellman, Joseph Reppen, 1997
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God's Power: Traditional Understandings and Contemporary ...
With this book, Anna Case-Winters provides a reconstruction of the doctrine of God based on process theology and feminist thought.
Anna Case-Winters, 1990
9
God and the Reach of Reason: C. S. Lewis, David Hume, and ...
This is the problem of pain, in its simplest form.35 Lewis observes that there are three key concepts that lie at the heart of the problem: divine omnipotence, divine goodness, and human happiness. According to Lewis, there are popular but ...
Erik J. Wielenberg, 2007
10
Trauma, Attachment, and Family Permanence: Fear Can Stop You ...
PRIMITIVE OMNIPOTENCE One powerful way of surviving intolerable distress is through primitive omnipotence, demonstrated in studies of feral children raised by wolves (Newton 2002) and research on children from severely abusive and ...
Caroline Archer, Alan Burnell, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OMNIPOTENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term omnipotence is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 1952 – En Attendant Godot (Waiting …
As he put it in a New York Times interview in 1956, Joyce was “tending towards omniscience and omnipotence as an artist. I'm working with ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Why ultralow interest rates aren't going anywhere
Traders quivered at the omnipotence of monetary authorities — their every move, utterance and wink a reason to scurry for safe havens or an ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
3
Pesek: Banks, markets switching gears in international finance
Traders quivered at the omnipotence of monetary authorities – their every move, utterance and wink a reason to scurry for safe havens or an ... «DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Zoltan Istvan's “Teleological Egocentric Functionalism”: An approach …
How would a majority of individuals be able to reach omnipotence without getting in conflict with each other, and what consequences would ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jul 15»
5
Strong U.S. Dollar: Can You Hear the Fat Lady Singing? [Part III]
Central bank omnipotence is at an all time high… or is it? If we look back in history, it's littered, not with successful central bank intervention, but ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
6
Bloom like the lotus: Ardh-Padmasana
... or even a relationship to provide a hormonal high and the resulting feelings of grandeur and omnipotence has infested young minds and old ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
7
Cheap Money Is Here to Stay
For decades, central banks lorded over markets. Traders quivered at the omnipotence of monetary authorities -- their every move, utterance ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
8
Can You Hear the Fat Lady Singing? – Part III
Central bank omnipotence is at an all time high... or is it? If we look back in history, it's littered, not with successful central bank intervention, but with central bank ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Jul 15»
9
Practice the presence of Christ
The supreme ideal of His love, the effective eminence of His glory, and the omnipotence of His power supercede personal responses to hurtful ... «Point Pleasant Register, Jul 15»
10
Readers react to climate change, Pope Francis and Donald Trump
Some of the folks in Jefferson City seem to have a sense of entitlement, arrogance and even omnipotence, which defies explanation. Instead of ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»

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