Omnispective

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. The capability to perceive and understand diverse viewpoints simultaneously
2. A thorough awareness that includes recognition of all perspectives in a given context
3. Having the ability to observe and comprehend every possible viewpoint at once

Etymology: "Omnispective" is a learned English formation built from two parts: the Latin prefix "omni-", meaning "all" or "every," and the Latin "spectus," the past participle of "specere" (also "spicere"), meaning "to view" or "to look at." Put together, the word literally describes something that has been looked at from every direction, or a mind that takes in everything. The "-spective" element is shared with a family of English words such as "perspective" and "retrospective," which use the same Latin verb with different prefixes. Those words carry the sense of looking through, back, or across, while "omnispective" pushes the idea to its limit by insisting on total coverage. It is a coinage of the kind English writers have long built from Latin parts when an existing word did not quite say what they meant, so its meaning is transparent to anyone who knows the parts.