| word | omniscient |
|---|---|
| definition | Knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge. |
| eg_sentence | Brought up in a strict Christian family, he knew that an omniscient God was watching him every second of his life. |
| explanation | Omniscience is something that a totalitarian state may try to achieve by means of informers, cameras, and monitoring of electronic communication. If your English teacher tells you that a novel has an “omniscient narrator,'' she means that the voice telling the story isn't one of the characters but instead knows what each of them is doing and thinking, with the point of view constantly shifting from one to another. |
| IPA | ɑmˈnɪʃənt |
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