Omneity

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality of encompassing everything, a state of being all-inclusive and complete in every respect
2. The condition of containing or embracing the whole of existence without omission or exception
3. A rare philosophical term for totality, the property of comprising every thing that exists

Etymology: "Omneity" is a rare English noun meaning the quality of being all things, or the totality of everything that exists. It is formed from the Latin "omnis", meaning "all", with the Latin suffix "-eitas" (also written "-itas"), which turns adjectives into abstract nouns of quality. The same pattern gives English words like "entity" and "reality" through Latin and French routes. The core element is the ordinary Latin "omnis", the source of familiar English words like "omnipotent", "omniscient" and "omnivore". Those words came into English as learned formations, and "omneity" follows the same learned pattern: an abstract noun built straight from Latin material rather than inherited from older English. It appears in English dictionaries as a rare, mostly literary or philosophical term, used when a writer wants a single word for the idea of all-ness as a quality.

Synonyms: omnipresence, ubiquity, universality