om·ni·com·pe·tent
ˌäm-ni-ˈkäm-pə-tənt 
: able to handle any situation
especially
: having the authority or legal capacity to act in all matters
om·ni·com·pe·tence
¦äm-ni-¦käm-pə-tən(t)s
-nē-
: the quality or state of being omnicompetent
they act on an identical assumption of omnicompetence—
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Facebook memes to poison the debate among America’s political class, half of whom went on to portray him as an omnicompetent master of world events.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 26 Jan. 2022
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