🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

全知

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: quánzhī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Omniscience/ɒmˈnɪsi.əns/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"全知全能是许多宗教中神的属性。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The capacity to know everything infinitely.

    "The philosophical concept often attributes omniscience exclusively to a supreme deity."
  2. 2

    Complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding.

    "The author maintained total omniscience over the fictional universe and all its characters."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin roots 'omnis' meaning 'all' and 'scientia' meaning 'knowledge' (from 'scire', to know). It entered the English language in the early 17th century via Middle French, initially used in theological contexts to describe the infinite knowledge and awareness possessed by a supreme deity.

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