omniscience
omniscience Lexical Profile
omniscience Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The state or quality of having universal, infinite, or complete knowledge and awareness of all things, especially as an attribute of a deity.
"Theological scholars have long debated how divine omniscience can coexist with human free will."
In literature, a narrative point of view in which the narrator knows and can reveal the private thoughts, feelings, and motivations of all characters as well as events occurring across different times and places.
"Nineteenth-century realist novelists frequently employed narrative omniscience to examine the inner lives of an entire community."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Medieval Latin omniscientia, formed from Latin omnis ('all') and scientia ('knowledge'), a derivative of scire ('to know').