(n.) A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.
(n.) The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.
(n.) Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language.
(n.) Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius.
(n.) A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.
Example Sentences:
(1) Totò was a legend in the Vesuvian city – a comedian of genius; poignant, mysterious.
(2) "What this proves is that the way Bowie engineered his comeback was a stroke of genius," said music writer Simon Price.
(3) But the genius of the High Line was to revive and repurpose a decaying piece of legacy infrastructure, and by doing so to revitalise several moribund districts of Manhattan, whereas the garden bridge would be new-build in an already vibrant part of London.
(4) The genius of a democracy governed by the rule of law, our democracy, is that it both empowers the majority through the ballot box, and constrains the majority, its government, so that it is bound by law.” Turnbull added: “Why does Daesh [another term for Islamic State] hate us?
(5) "Of course, it is one of the great genius properties on TV that will never see the light of day."
(6) The former Massachusetts governor, like many Republicans, expected the Trump campaign to implode last summer, after he insulted Mexicans and said Arizona senator and 2008 Republican nominee John McCain was not a “war hero” because “I like people who weren’t captured.” This year, days after Trump did not immediately disavow an expression of support from David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, Romney said one of his sons was driving him to an airport when he asked: “When the grandkids ask ‘What did you do to stop Donald Trump ?’ what are you going to say?’” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Romney launches extensive attack on Trump: ‘A genius he is not’ That, Romney said, was the final push.
(7) When my floor was dirty, I rose early, and, setting all my furniture out of doors on the grass, bed and bedstead making but one budget, dashed water on the floor, and sprinkled white sand from the pond on it, and then with a broom scrubbed it clean and white... Further - and this is a stroke of his sensitive, pawky genius - he contemplates his momentarily displaced furniture and the nuance of enchanting strangeness: It was pleasant to see my whole household effects out on the grass, making a little pile like a gypsy's pack, and my three-legged table, from which I did not remove the books and pen and ink, standing amid the pines and hickories ...
(8) Channel One also branded Berezovsky an "evil genius," and a report on his demise quoted a senior member of the ruling United Russia , Vyacheslav Nikonov, saying he found it hard to believe the news was true.
(9) The company's past efforts – the Genius system within iTunes for providing recommendations based on your previous purchases – have been... average.
(10) Far and away ahead of confidence and genius, the ability to contribute to the team and the culture, to show up on time and produce solid work, to be reliable and nice to have around, are the most valuable things to a potential employer.
(11) For the second show in the Guardian’s 10-week radio series on NTS, Alexis talked to the Guide’s Kate Hutchinson about glam’s early innovators, forgotten outliers and its modern descendants: T Rex to David Bowie and Iron Virgin to Perfume Genius.
(12) The genius of The Great British Bake Off - Podcast Read more The rules of the show are simple.
(13) Apparently, he had nothing to declare but his genius.
(14) ", while Buzzfeed's Ayesha Siddiqi described the site as "Wikipedia with the self perception of Rap Genius".
(15) Yes, they brought genius and organisational skills, for which they justly receive kudos.
(16) He truly was one of the few people who deserved the title of ‘genius.’ Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) Devastating news about @robinwilliams — knew him a little and liked him a whole lot more.
(17) Russia Aligned to the Warsaw Pact bloc Sometimes you just have to applaud Russia's diplomatic genius.
(18) He may have received a standing ovation at Monday’s Hollywood premiere, but his genius contribution was to have no input.
(19) That was when the man currently being hailed as a coaching genius went to Dublin in search of a spot at the 2002 World Cup and with a squad featuring some of the best forwards in Europe - Kluivert, Van Nistelrooy, Hasselbaink, Overmars, Makaay, etc.
(20) He was an actual genius" – Green has been much concerned with language, and the point where it gives up its ghosts of meaning.
Wizardry
Definition:
(n.) The character or practices o/ wizards; sorcery; magic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fantastic Beasts, which is set 70 years prior to the arrival of Potter and his pals at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will feature the swashbuckling adventurer Newt Scamander.
(2) David Stubbs Wizards vs Aliens 5.30pm, CBBC New series of Russell T Davies’s drama, full of wizardry and big-league special effects.
(3) The author encountered a patient who had undergone various sorcery and wizardry practices.
(4) Our trip over, we take one final look out from our luxurious room, back up the valley to the stupendous Matterhorn, and agree no amount of interior design wizardry can compete with that view.
(5) As Wilshere observed City’s pinball-wizardry pass him by, did he wonder what-might-have-been regarding the proposed move here?
(6) As all good students of the Harry Potter saga know well, Muggles are not usually allowed at Hogwarts school of witchcraft of wizardry.
(7) Campaign insiders say that the emphasis this year will be on efficiency more than any headline-grabbing technical wizardry.
(8) The game also demanded intimate knowledge of the first three Wizardry titles, making it stunningly inaccessible.
(9) Gaubeca said that the US border with Mexico had seen the introduction of hi-tech wizardry developed in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, such as unmanned drones, ground motion sensors, thermal imaging and night-vision goggles.
(10) Nine years ago, Chalmers formed a group called Urban Eden to preserve this wizardry.
(11) It is otherwise a mishmash of free-market wizardry and global cop role-playing.
(12) Technological wizardry aside, for sensory marketing to be successful it should continue to take its cues from human insights.
(13) They could be identified, profiled and targeted by the technical wizardry of professional pollsters.
(14) The dreams of patients, in which unconscious pressures come to the surface, are perceived to confirm the existence and reality of wizardry assault.
(15) Cameron said of New Labour's time in office: "The City, which should have been a powerhouse of competition and creativity, became instead a byword for a sort of financial wizardry that left the taxpayer with all the risk, and a fortunate few with all of the rewards.
(16) Current boss Pascal shows me his special room, where all his wizardry and magic happens.
(17) In 2001, it emerged a rare hatchet fish in BBC series The Blue Planet was "reanimated" using computer wizardry after the genuine fish that was captured by programme-makers died.
(18) We now know the banks' tricks involved not just dubious wizardry but a measure of wickedness too.
(19) Dickson said he hoped Shkreli’s “financial wizardry” would alert the authorities to the loopholes in the law.
(20) These movies combine apparently forward-looking technological FX wizardry with a deeply conservative commitment to Manichean violence.