omniscience
pronunciation
How to pronounce omniscience in British English:
UK [ɒm'nɪsɪəns]
How to pronounce omniscience in American English:
US [ɒm'nɪsɪrns]
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- Noun:
- the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
Word Origin
- omniscience (n.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin omniscientia "all-knowledge," from Latin omnis "all" (see omni-) + scientia "knowledge" (see science).
Example
- 1. The internet 's omniscience is one of its most useful and transformative features .
- 2. But his head 's full of freedom , omniscience , and the being
- 3. Such omniscience could make artificial athletes unbeatable-if their hardware were up to scratch .
- 4. Perhaps god in his omniscience knows that the good of allowing some higher type of beings to destroy our eternal happiness outweighs the good of that happiness .
- 5. It 's about the very way in which central bankers ought to think , judge and act , an uncertainty that they feel as acutely as anyone , whatever the mask of omniscience might suggest .