omnipotence

What it means

1. countableuncountableUnlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.

   1 more example

   One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.

   1976 December 18, Allen Young, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 9

   Synonyms: omnipotency

In a sentence

One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.

1976 December 18, Allen Young, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 9

Where it comes from

1. Latinomnipotentia
2. Old Frenchomnipotence
3. Middle Englishomnipotens
4. Englishomnipotence

From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia.