Meanings
- uncountableThe state or quality of being all-seeing.
Near-synonym: omniscience
3 more examples
The notion of pan-opticon—as used by Jeremy Bentham—comes from this presumption of all-seeingness proper to the Supreme Being.
2001, Roberto Harari, Lacan's Seminar on Anxiety: An Introduction, Other Press, published 2001, →ISBNThese two attributes, along with the other four identified — omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, and all-seeingness — portray God's character and abilities, as well as the qualities of his nature.
2009, Prince Sorie Conteh, Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa: Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue, Cambria Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 60How do its values relate to the values of the camera's eye, its truthfulness and all-seeingness?
2011, Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements, Viking, published 2011, →ISBNSynonyms: omnividence, omniscience
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being all-seeing.
Origin
Translations
Portuguese omnividência, onividência
- omnividênciathe state or quality of being all-seeing
- onividênciathe state or quality of being all-seeing
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