Omnipotent
adjective
Having unlimited power and able to do anything.
In many religions, God is viewed as an omnipotent, all-knowing being.
Often appears as...
- omnipotent being
- omnipotent deity
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Academic
adjective
Having unlimited power and able to do anything.
In many religions, God is viewed as an omnipotent, all-knowing being.
Often appears as...
- omnipotent being
- omnipotent deity
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Association
Often tied to religious context, where a deity has unlimited power.
The ancient texts describe an omnipotent god ruling the universe.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe someone with great influence or authority.
The CEO's decision was final, making her seem omnipotent within the company.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Imagery
In literature, depicts characters or forces as all-controlling for dramatic effect.
The omnipotent narrator revealed the secrets of every character's destiny.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Association
Often tied to religious context, where a deity has unlimited power.
The ancient texts describe an omnipotent god ruling the universe.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe someone with great influence or authority.
The CEO's decision was final, making her seem omnipotent within the company.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Imagery
In literature, depicts characters or forces as all-controlling for dramatic effect.
The omnipotent narrator revealed the secrets of every character's destiny.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Association
Often tied to religious context, where a deity has unlimited power.
The ancient texts describe an omnipotent god ruling the universe.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe someone with great influence or authority.
The CEO's decision was final, making her seem omnipotent within the company.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Imagery
In literature, depicts characters or forces as all-controlling for dramatic effect.
The omnipotent narrator revealed the secrets of every character's destiny.
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for example, with the idea of cryonics. That's the idea that when you die, you can have yourself frozen, and then, at some point when technology has advanced enough, you can be thawed out and repaired and revived and so resurrected. And so some people believe an omnipotent god
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Mystery of the Romanovs...
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Video examples
The 4 stories we tell...
for example, with the idea of cryonics. That's the idea that when you die, you can have yourself frozen, and then, at some point when technology has advanced enough, you can be thawed out and repaired and revived and so resurrected. And so some people believe an omnipotent god
Video examples
Mystery of the Romanovs...
daughters he had a beautiful son they were very photogenic I think he used them to sort of boost the very early on celebrity of the ruling family but the Romanovs Harbor dark secrets behind these carefully orchestrated images once omnipotent their
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Humans have an amazing capacity to believe in contradictory things. For example, to believe in an omnipotent and benevolent God but somehow excuse Him from all the suffering in the world. Or our ability to believe from the standpoint of law that humans are equal and have free will and from biology that humans are just organic machines.
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Robson Green
Too many times I see these omnipotent detectives who know everything, who pull up in really slick cars, and their hair's all really nice and the girls fall in love with them. They haven't earned the right. It just doesn't happen like that.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.
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Himesh Reshammiya
Indian Actor
Everything that I have earned in my life is just because of my guruji and his omnipotent blessing.
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Tony Campolo
American Clergyman
Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
It's the price of success: people start to think you're omnipotent.
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Casey Neistat
American Director
Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent.
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Richard Thaler
American Economist
Leaders are important but not omnipotent.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Humans have an amazing capacity to believe in contradictory things. For example, to believe in an omnipotent and benevolent God but somehow excuse Him from all the suffering in the world. Or our ability to believe from the standpoint of law that humans are equal and have free will and from biology that humans are just organic machines.
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Robson Green
Too many times I see these omnipotent detectives who know everything, who pull up in really slick cars, and their hair's all really nice and the girls fall in love with them. They haven't earned the right. It just doesn't happen like that.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.
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Himesh Reshammiya
Indian Actor
Everything that I have earned in my life is just because of my guruji and his omnipotent blessing.
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Tony Campolo
American Clergyman
Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
It's the price of success: people start to think you're omnipotent.
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Casey Neistat
American Director
Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent.
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Richard Thaler
American Economist
Leaders are important but not omnipotent.
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