- omnicompetent
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omnicompetent — adjective Competent in every area; capable of doing everything. The omnicompetent state admittedly works badly at times, but it does work, which is more than the impotent commune would be likely to do. See Also: omnicompetence, omnicompetency … Wiktionary
omnicompetent — adjective Date: 1827 able to handle any situation; especially having the authority or legal capacity to act in all matters • omnicompetence noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
omnicompetent — adj. able to do anything; having endless ability; qualified to do anything … English contemporary dictionary
omnicompetent — adjective able to deal with all matters or solve all problems. ↘(of a legislative body) having powers to legislate on all matters. Derivatives omnicompetence noun … English new terms dictionary
omnicompetent — a. legally competent in all matters. ♦ omnifarious, a. of all kinds. ♦ omnific, omnificent, a. creating all things. ♦ omnify, v.t. make large or universal. ♦ omnigenous, a. of all kinds. ♦ omnipotent, a. all powerful. ♦… … Dictionary of difficult words
omnicompetent — adj. 1 able to deal with all matters. 2 having jurisdiction in all cases. Derivatives: omnicompetence n … Useful english dictionary
Utilitarians (The early) — The early utilitarians Bentham and James Mill G.L.Williams Jeremy Bentham was born in 1748 in London; his prosperous father, a lawyer who became wealthy from property rather than the law, planned out for his son a brilliant legal career. After an … History of philosophy
The Phantom Public — is a book published in 1925 by journalist Walter Lippmann, in which he expresses his lack of faith in the democratic system, arguing that the public exists merely as an illusion, myth, and inevitably a phantom. As Carl Bybee wrote, “For Lippmann… … Wikipedia
omnicompetence — |ämnə̇, nē+ noun Etymology: from omnicompetent, after English competent : competence : the quality or state of being omnicompetent they act on an identical assumption of omnicompetence Hannah Arendt * * * omnicomˈpetence noun Competence in all… … Useful english dictionary
omnicompetence — noun see omnicompetent … New Collegiate Dictionary
