all-seeingness

all-seeingness

English

Etymology

all-seeing +‎ -ness

Noun

all-seeingness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being all-seeing.
   • 2001, Roberto Harari, Lacan's Seminar on Anxiety: An Introduction, Other Press (2001), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     The notion of pan-opticon—as used by Jeremy Bentham—comes from this presumption of all-seeingness proper to the Supreme Being.

   • 2009, Prince Sorie Conteh, Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa: Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue, Cambria Press (2009), →ISBN, page 60:

     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.

   • 2011, Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements, Viking (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     How do its values relate to the values of the camera's eye, its truthfulness and all-seeingness?

Translations

the state or quality of being all-seeing

Portuguese: omnividência f (Portugal), onividência f (Brazil)