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all-seeingness en · NOUN

Etymology

From all-seeing + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being all-seeing.
    • Near-synonym: omniscience
    • How 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, →ISBN:
    • 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, →ISBN:
    • These 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 60:

Relateds

all-knowing · all-seeing eye

Synonyms

omnividence · omniscience

Translations (3)

pt omnividência (the state or quality of being all-seeing) · pt onividência (the state or quality of being all-seeing) · mk севидност (the state or quality of being all-seeing)