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omniscience

/ɑmˈnɪʃəns/
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Many people believe in the omniscience or all-knowing power of God.

Omniscience comes from the Latin omnis meaning "all" and scientia meaning "knowledge." Omniscience is a state of possessing all the knowledge there is — pretty impressive. In a religious sense, people believe in a higher being that has omniscience. In literature, omniscience can refer to the perspective of a narrator who is all-knowing or has the ability to see into the minds of all his characters.

Definitions of omniscience
  1. noun
    the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
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    types:
    God's Wisdom
    the omniscience of a divine being
    type of:
    state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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