omnipotence

[om-nip-uh-tuhns]

noun

1. the quality or state of being omnipotent.

2. (initial capital letter),  God.

Word History and Origins

Origin of omnipotence¹

First recorded in 1560–70; from Late Latin omnipotentia, from Latin omnipotent-, stem of omnipotēns “all-powerful” ( omnipotent ) + -ia -y ³ ( def. ); -ence

Example Sentences

People who scored higher on the scale had greater control, which correlated with lower measures of hallucination severity and lower perceived malevolence and omnipotence of the voices.

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Mockery has often been a useful tool among the many needed to deflate the posture of omnipotence that actual and aspiring autocrats like to adopt.

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Roosevelt was then at the outset of his second term, riding high on an electoral victory that may have given him a greater sense of his political omnipotence than he actually possessed.

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Breton argued instead for embracing the “omnipotence of dreams” and exploring the unconscious and all that was “marvelous” in life.

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Like other dictators, Trump is a megalomaniac, possessed by delusions of grandeur and omnipotence.

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