omnipotence

From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒmˈnɪpətəns/

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omnipotence (countable and uncountable, plural omnipotences)

1. Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.

   Synonym: omnipotency

   • 1976 December 18, Allen Young, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 9:

     One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.ni.pɔ.tɑ̃s/

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omnipotence f (plural omnipotences)

1. omnipotence

• “omnipotence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.