omniscient
pronunciation
How to pronounce omniscient in British English:
UK [ɒmˈnɪsiənt]
How to pronounce omniscient in American English:
US [ɑmˈnɪsiənt]
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- Adjective:
- infinitely wise
Word Origin
- omniscient (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Modern Latin omniscientem (nominative omnisciens), back-formation from Medieval Latin omniscientia (see omniscience). Related: Omnisciently.
Example
- 1. We need to stop that , to stop pretending to be omniscient beings .
- 2. Still , his omniscient style is reminiscent of the very men he chastises .
- 3. At one extreme , neoclassical economists attribute to ' economic man ' an omniscient rationality .
- 4. But it does indicate a mental process that religious ideas of a judgmental , omniscient god would be able to tap into .
- 5. For them as well as for kant morality applies to omniscient beings as well as to fallible vulnerable human beings .