Omniscience

English

Noun

Omniscience (uncountable)

1. The capacity to know everything.

Related terms

• omniscient

Thesaurus

all-knowingness, cross-disciplinary knowledge, deep knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, eternity, expertise, extensive knowledge, general knowledge, glory, holiness, immutability, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite love, infinite mercy, infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinity, light, majesty, omnipotence, omnipotency, omnipresence, omnisciency, pansophy, polyhistory, polymathy, proficiency, profound knowledge, sovereignty, special knowledge, ubiquity, unity

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɑmˈnɪʃəns/

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• (UK) IPA: /ɒmˈnɪʃəns/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omniscientia (“all-knowledge”) < Latin omni- (“all”), and scient from the Latin scientia (“knowledge”).

Translations

capacity to know everything

Dutch: alwetendheid (nl) f. Finnish: kaikkitietävyys (fi) French: omniscience (fr) German: Allwissenheit (de) f. Icelandic: alviska (is) f.

Italian: onniscienza (it) Russian: всеведение (ru) (vs'ev'éd'enije) n. Serbian: sveznanje, sveznalaštvo Spanish: omnisciencia (es) f.

External links

• Omniscience in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Omniscience in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Omniscience at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Omniscience” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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French

Noun

Omniscience f. (plural Omnisciences)

1. omniscience

Etymology

Medieval Latin omniscientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔm.ni.sjɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /Om.ni.sja~s@/
• Homophone: omnisciences
• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧science