omniscient

adj, noun — 2 senses

omniscient

adj

UK /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/ · US /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/

Etymology From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).

1

Having total knowledge.

The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.
The Abrahamic God is omniscient.

1 more example

For me, anything is possible. I am omniscient and omnipotent, extremely vain, and, what is more, I come in a handy self-carrying package.1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 155:

Derived terms: nonomniscient, omnisciency, omnisciently, omniscient narrator, superomniscient, unomniscient
Related terms: omnibenevolent, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscience

omniscient

noun

Etymology From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).

1

One who has total knowledge.

Those blind omniscients , those almighty slaves , Untenanting creation of its God1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations:

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