allgodhet

Swedish

Etymology

From allgod +‎ -het

Noun

allgodhet c

  1. omnibenevolence (used mostly in reference to God)
    • 1891, Axel Lundegård, La Mouche‎[1], Z. Hæggströms förlagsexpedition, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 4 April 2025, page 65:
      Om det [finns] ett högsta väsen, så måste det vara utrustadt med alla fullkomliga egenskaper: allvetande, allmakt och allgodhet.
      If there is a supreme being, then it must be endowed with all the perfect qualities: omniscience, omnipotence, and omnibenevolence.
    • 2006, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, “Fabel”, in Petra Söderlund, editor, Samlade Verk III:1. Otryckta verk 1806–1817‎[2], Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 4 April 2025, page 66:
      Herre! [...] [J]ag är omgifven af nöd och elände; Förgäfves gråta mina arma barn. Är detta allgodhet?
      Lord! I am surrounded by need and misery; My poor children cry in vain. Is this omnibenevolence?

Declension

Declension of allgodhet
nominative genitive
singular indefinite allgodhet allgodhets
definite allgodheten allgodhetens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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