omnicompetent

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Recent Examples of omnicompetent Facebook memes to poison the debate among America’s political class, half of whom went on to portray him as an omnicompetent master of world events. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 26 Jan. 2022 His rejection of the omnicompetent state seemed attended by a notion of an omnicompetent papacy, something perhaps encouraged by the First Vatican Council’s declaration of papal infallibility and supreme and universal Church jurisdiction. David P. Deavel, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for omnicompetent
Adjective
  • Despite empirical evidence to the contrary, perceptions remain that disabled employees are less competent, less productive, require more supervision, and are more expensive and more dependent, which results in lower levels of both employment and promotion.
    Terri R. Kurtzberg and Mason Ameri, Harvard Business Review, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Strong, successful countries have competent and compassionate leadership and social solidarity and trust.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The 1970s wasn’t a great decade for the studio, but songs like this show that Disney was still capable of creative wonder.
    Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Regions of intense magnetic activity known as sunspots are proliferating on the solar surface and are capable of releasing intense bursts of radiation resulting in solar flares that can hurtle toward Earth at the speed of light, according to NOAA.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Surprisingly, two of the three rats chose to take the less efficient path of turning away from the reward and running to the car to drive to their Froot Loop destination.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Sweeter tomatoes may one day offer more efficient produce options for manufacturers.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The bomb, set to explode once a certain altitude had been reached, caused a fire, but the plane was able to land safely. 2001: Microsoft released its first Xbox video game console.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Crews have not been able to safely walk on the bridge's deck to inspect damage and instead have relied on less hands-on tools such as drones.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Expect plenty of hot takes, including a barrage of think pieces, seeing as, in this telling, the Wizard is an authoritarian leader using scapegoating to prey on — and stoke — people’s fears.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Yet, according to a February study by the Pew Research Center, 32% of Americans believe a military regime or an authoritarian leader would be a better way of governing the country.
    Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The actor, 28, plays Lucius in director Ridley Scott's sequel to 2000's Gladiator, picking up the story in a tyrannical Rome 16 years after Maximus (Russell Crowe) defeated the maniacal Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix).
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist.
    Veronica Flores, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • So, what advice would Steve Jobs have for those leaders who seek to emulate his autocratic ways?
    Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • With each passing week, new complaints about her autocratic administration come to light.
    Caleb Hofmann, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The local doctor was really just a helpless conjurer, while the lazy village priest got endowed with unwarranted godlike powers.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The show, in fact, paints Saint Laurent as a godlike figure, first on the cover of a magazine and then at one of his fashion shows.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 17 July 2024

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“Omnicompetent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omnicompetent. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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