different between omniscience vs unconscious

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omniscientia (“all-knowledge”), from Latin omni- (“all”), and scient from the Latin scientia (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n???ns/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n???ns/

Noun

omniscience (countable and uncountable, plural omnisciences)

1. The capacity to know everything.
   • 1848,, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 15:

     If, a few pages back, the present writer claimed the privilege of peeping into Miss Amelia Sedley's bedroom, and understanding with the omniscience the novelist all the gentle pains and passions which were tossing upon that innocent pillow, why should he not declare himself to be Rebecca's confidante too, master of her secrets, and seal-keeper of that young woman's conscience?

   Many people believe in God's omniscience.

Related terms

• omniscient

Translations

Further reading

• omniscience in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• omniscience in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• omniscience at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “omniscience”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Etymology

Medieval Latin omniscientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m.ni.sj??s/
• Homophone: omnisciences
• Hyphenation: om?ni?science

Noun

omniscience f (plural omnisciences)

1. omniscience

Further reading

• “omniscience” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

un- +? conscious

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n?k?n??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?k?n??s/
• Hyphenation: un?con?scious

Adjective

unconscious (comparative more unconscious, superlative most unconscious)

1. Not awake; having no awareness.

   After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious.

2. Without directed thought or awareness.

   My sudden fright was an unconscious response.

   • 1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son

     It was intolerable, he felt, to sit and eat in presence of that silent figure partly turned away from him, jotting down the different amounts on a bit of paper, and absorbed in that occupation as if unconscious of his presence.

3. (sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
   • 1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10

     "I was unconscious," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."

Synonyms

• (not awake; having no awareness): insentient, oblivious, out of it, out on one's feet, unaware, down for the count, lost to the world
• (skilled performance without conscious control): in the zone, on a roll

Translations

Noun

unconscious (plural unconsciouses)

1. (psychology) Unconscious mind

Derived terms

• collective unconscious

Translations

Further reading

• "unconscious" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 320.