superomniscient

English

Alternative forms

• super-omniscient

Etymology

super- +‎ omniscient

Adjective

superomniscient (not comparable)

1. (rare) Truly omniscient; possessing thorough, unlimited knowledge of all things.
   • 1898, David Urquhart, Wooster Alumni Bulletin, Volume 12‎^[1], Wooster, page 254:

     The attempt to stamp in the child mind, as a settled matter, the late authorship of portions of Genesis makes me suspect the book as meant less for spiritual nature of the young mind than the inculcation of some fads of superomniscient criticism.

   • 1993, Ellen Widmer, David Der-wei Wang, From May Fourth to June Fourth: Fiction and Film in Twentieth-Century China (Harvard Contemporary China Series)‎^[2], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 125:

     Unlike Song Zelai’s narrator, he is not a passive transcriber of the past but a superomniscient observer who travels though the tunnel of time and brings his grandparents and their fellow homeland dwellers back to life again.

   • 2010, Adel Iskandar, Hakem Rustom, Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation‎^[3], University of California Press, →ISBN, page 134:

     The identity of this superomniscient narrator is never explicitly revealed, but he performs as the voice of one of the masters “riding” Aisha.