all-seeing

adjective

all-see·​ing (ˈ)ȯl-¦sē-iŋ 

: able to see or detect everything that is present or happening

an all-seeing deity

an all-seeing surveillance system

He shows that the Gestapo was no all-seeing Orwellian presence terrorizing citizens into compliance.

—David Gates, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2000

Word History

First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined above

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