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Swedish
Etymology
From allgod + -het
Noun
allgodhet c
- omnibenevolence (used mostly in reference to God)
1891, Axel Lundegård, La Mouche, Z. Hæggströms förlagsexpedition, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 2025-04-04, page 65:Om det 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, Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 2025-04-04, page 66:Herre! 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?
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