pangnosis

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noun

The capacity to know everything; omniscience.

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omniscience
OriginEnglish gnosis ← Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tis →
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Meanings

nounpangnosis (countable and uncountable, plural pangnoses)

plural pangnoses

  1. countableuncountableThe capacity to know everything; omniscience.

    If Spencer and his followers are correctly called agnostics, then we should call Dietzgen a pangnostic. He knows it all.

    1908, Marcus Hitch, “Dietzgenism”, in International Socialist Review, volume 8
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    I have labelled my grain of sand "Education in Louisiana," lest some among you may mistake me for a Pangnostic, come to teach you some new truth, or the All-Truth which suffices.

    1887, William Preston Johnston, “Education in Louisiana”, in Proceedings of the National Education Association

    Synonyms: omniscience

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe capacity to know everything; omniscience.

Similar
omniscience

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  6. Englishpan-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  9. Ancient Greekγνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
  10. Englishgnosis
  11. Englishpangnosis

From pan- + gnosis.

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APA

pangnosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pangnosis

MLA

“pangnosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pangnosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pangnosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pangnosis.

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