"omniscient narrator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: omniscient narrators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} omniscient narrator (plural omniscient narrators)
  1. (literary theory, narratology) A narrator with an overarching perspective, seeing and knowing everything that happens within the world of the story, including what each of the characters is thinking and feeling. Categories (topical): Narratology Translations (Translations): kaikkitietävä kertoja (Finnish), narrateur omniscient [masculine] (French), narrator wszechwiedzący [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-omniscient_narrator-en-noun-p7yV7HWH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences

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