Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Having total knowledge.

    The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.

    The Abrahamic God is omniscient.

    allwissend

    всеве́дущийvsevéduščij, всезна́ющийvseznájuščij

    всезна́ючийvseznájučyj, всеві́даючийvsevídajučyj

More definitions
  • infinitely wise

Examples

3 sentences
  1. An omniscient narrator knows everything about the story and characters.

  2. Some humans believe that there exists a god who is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent.

    ruНекоторые люди верят, что существует всеведущий, всемогущий и вездесущий Бог. — odexed

  3. God is omniscient.

    ruБог всеведущ. — Wezel

    deGott ist allwissend. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowin

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

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