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omniscience

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ɑmˈnɪʃəns/
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  • UK: /ɒmˈnɪsiəns/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The capacity to know everything.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: all-seeingness, omnividence
  • Many people believe in God's omniscience.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: all-seeingness, omnividence

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: state

Narrower terms: God's Wisdom

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: всезнание (vseznanie) — capacity to know everything
  • Catalan: omnisciència — capacity to know everything
  • Czech: vševědoucnost — capacity to know everything
  • Dutch: alwetendheid — capacity to know everything
  • Finnish: kaikkitietävyys — capacity to know everything
  • French: omniscience — capacity to know everything
  • Georgian: ყოვლისმცოდნეობა (q̇ovlismcodneoba) — capacity to know everything
  • German: Allwissenheit — capacity to know everything
  • Hungarian: mindentudás — capacity to know everything
  • Icelandic: alviska — capacity to know everything
  • Irish: uilefhios — capacity to know everything
  • Italian: onniscienza — capacity to know everything
  • Macedonian: сезнајност (seznajnost) — capacity to know everything
  • Macedonian: семудрост (semudrost) — capacity to know everything
  • Pannonian Rusyn: всезнанє (vseznanje) — capacity to know everything
  • Polish: wszechwiedza — capacity to know everything
  • Portuguese: omnisciência — capacity to know everything
  • Portuguese: onisciência — capacity to know everything
  • Russian: всеве́дение (vsevédenije) — capacity to know everything
  • Sanskrit: सर्वज्ञता (sarvajñatā) — capacity to know everything
  • Serbo-Croatian: sveznanje — capacity to know everything
  • Serbo-Croatian: sveznalaštvo — capacity to know everything
  • Spanish: omnisciencia — capacity to know everything
  • Swedish: allvetenhet — capacity to know everything
  • Tagalog: pagkataluslahat — capacity to know everything
  • Ukrainian: всезнання́ (vseznannjá) — capacity to know everything
  • Ukrainian: усезнання́ (useznannjá) — capacity to know everything
  • Vietnamese: toàn tri — capacity to know everything
  • Vietnamese: nhất thiết trí — capacity to know everything
  • Vietnamese: chính biến tri — capacity to know everything