omniscience
AmericanEtymology
Origin of omniscience
1605–15; < Medieval Latin omniscientia, equivalent to Latin omni- omni- + scientia knowledge; science
Example Sentences
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Mr. Easterly is not a friend of rich-world technocrats or top-down dispensers of aid and omniscience who frequently fail to consult the very people—the Third World poor—for whose salvation they get paid handsomely.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
But at the core of wielding power, as she describes it, is a sort of omniscience.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2024
His sense of omniscience is compensatory and more disturbing than ever.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023
Perhaps that magical yet iffy omniscience — Sassy calls herself a griot, or traditional keeper of stories — would have felt less jarring in a more abstract production.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023
As always, my passes at omniscience are absurd, but you, of all people, should be polite to the part of me that comes out merely clever.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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