omnicompetencen.
/ˌɒmnᵻˈkɒmpᵻt(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌɑmnəˈkɑmpədəns/, /ˌɑmnəˈkɑmpətns/, /ˌɑmniˈkɑmpədəns/, /ˌɑmniˈkɑmpətns/ The quality or fact of being omnicompetent.
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society > law > legal power > [noun] > possession of legal authority to act > in all matters
omnicompetence1898
the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility
volubility1579
ambidexterity1593
versatilousness1640
versatileness1654
versability1672
versatilitya1773
versatility1798
flexility1815
manysidedness1831
Crichtonism1854
multisidedness1903
omnicompetence1937
1898 H. Fisher Medieval Empire iv. 175 He foresees that an objection will be taken to the legality of the legal proscription, and he goes out of his way to meet it..not by any general decree of imperial omnicompetence, but by a non-obstante clause.
1900 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 121 That [doctrine] which would preach the omnicompetence of parliament.
1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 May 320 His omnicompetence dealt with the history of ideas as swiftly as with the measurement of the hide.
1975 Times 25 July 13/5 Deference to professional omnicompetence is, of course, gratifying.
2000 Interzone Dec. 32/1 My alter ego kept walking into town on its own and performing miraculous feats of omnicompetence and other people started to Believe in me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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