omnipotentiality
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From omni- + potentiality.
Noun
[edit]omnipotentiality (uncountable)
- (psychology) A feeling that anything is possible, and there are no limits on what may be achieved.
- 1981, Stanley I. Greenspan, George H. Pollock, The Course of Life: Adulthood and the aging process, page 501:
- As such, the infant supports the illusion of omnipotentiality and thus becomes a fit vehicle for whatever splitoff and grandiose fantasies the father might still entertain for himself.
- 2005, Thomas E. Brown, Attention Deficit Disorder, page 146:
- The young man's comment "I've always had difficulty making choices" reflects a problem with "omnipotentiality" — a fantasy-based attitude, common among adolescents, that all things are possible, all choices are open.