omniscience

noun

om·​ni·​science äm-ˈni-shən(t)s 

: the quality or state of being omniscient

… the brilliant military mind … gradually became infected by a conviction of military and political omniscience.

—Drew Middleton

Examples of omniscience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Langbein’s Monica — having finally transcended her past and ascended to spiritual omniscience — becomes Jean’s interlocutor. —Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

Acme imparts a sense of trust by foregrounding its own lack of omniscience. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026

In the section of Evin Prison reserved for political prisoners, interrogators pummeled human rights advocates, journalists, and union activists with questions calculated to display the state's seeming omniscience. —Karl Vick, Time, 16 Mar. 2026

Gently expounded with a God-like omniscience by an unseen narrator (Will Patton), Train Dreams takes place in a space between the then and the now, being simultaneously of the past and in the moment (Bentley plays with time in unexpected ways). —Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin omniscientia, from Latin omni- + scientia knowledge — more at science

First Known Use

circa 1610, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

omniscience

noun

om·​ni·​science äm-ˈnish-ən(t)s 

: the quality or state of being omniscient