Meaning & use
omniscient
Knowing everything, or having unlimited knowledge and understanding.
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The mystery only works because the omniscient narrator withholds the killer's identity from the reader.
Believers describe their god as omniscient, aware of every thought and event across time.
A note on using this word
"Omniscient narrator" is a standard literary term for a storyteller who can access every character's inner thoughts.
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