omniscience

[om-nish-uhns]

noun

1. the quality or state of being omniscient.

2. infinite knowledge.

3. (initial capital letter),  God.

Word History and Origins

Origin of omniscience¹

1605–15; < Medieval Latin omniscientia, equivalent to Latin omni- omni- + scientia knowledge; science

Example Sentences

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.

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His sense of omniscience is compensatory and more disturbing than ever.

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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.

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But the memoir makes no claim to omniscience.

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It’s worth remembering that Greenspan’s reputation for omniscience did not last.

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