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Omniscience - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Omniscience : (noun)
1: the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Omniscience : \Om*nis"cience\, n. [Cf. F. omniscience.]
The quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attribute
peculiar to God. --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Omniscience : Omniscience: All knowledge. Infinite awareness, understanding, and insight. Someone who (supposedly) possesses omniscience is omniscient. Based on the Latin "omni-" (all) _ "scire" (to know) = to
know all.
Medical students and nursing students would do well to recall what Francis Bacon said a while back (about 1615), "By no means trust to your own judgement alone; for no man is omniscient."
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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