omnipotence
pronunciation
How to pronounce omnipotence in British English:
UK [ɒm'nɪpətəns]
How to pronounce omnipotence in American English:
US [ɒm'nɪpətəns]
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- Noun:
- the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power
Word Origin
- omnipotence (n.)
- mid-15c., omnipotens, from Middle French omnipotence, from Late Latin omnipotentia "almighty power," from Latin omnipotentem "omnipotent" (see omnipotent). Related: Omnipotency (late 15c.).
Example
- 1. People fight the gold standard because they want to substitute national autarky for free trade , war for peace , totalitarian government omnipotence for liberty .
- 2. The sway of this power over the executive authority of the legislature and the judiciary coupled with the actual omnipotence of the police makes people insecure .
- 3. In addition , the superhero fantasy genre has been described as having been derived from the cowboy hero , only powered up to omnipotence in a primarily urban setting .
- 4. Why did almost everyone believe in the omnipotence of the federal reserve when its counterpart , the bank of japan , spent a decade trying and failing to jump-start a stalled economy ?
- 5. As the russians refused to deal with the bush administration on these issues even before the election , there seems no explanation for this strange behavior except for the acquired momentum of a delusional sense of omnipotence .