Omniscience
/ˌɒm.niˈsɪəns/noun
The state of knowing everything.
Did you know?Omniscience was built from Latin roots used in Christian theology to describe a being who knows everything, making it one of English’s most explicitly godlike words.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
omnis + scientia
“all + knowledge”
Late Latin
Latin
omniscientia
“all-knowing knowledge; complete knowledge”
Middle French
French
omniscience
“all-knowingness”
16th Century
English
omniscience
“the quality of knowing everything”
Modern English
English
omniscience
“the state of knowing everything”
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