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also genii
as in demons
in stories
a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it
He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.
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1
as in brains
a very smart person
the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius
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as in talents
a special and usually inborn ability
had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation
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as in tendencies
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a genius for gambling over his head
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as in personalities
the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others
putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people
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as in manifestations
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Galápagos Islands
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Recent Examples of genies
Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Curious how your own pet’s personality compares to these avian geniuses?
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Among birds, New Caledonian crows have risen to the top as undisputed geniuses.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
If Boyd’s comeback is for real, the Cubs may end up looking like geniuses.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Picasso Ceramics and Etchings Helene Bailly gallery is exhibiting Picasso ceramics and prints with works by fellow Spanish avant-garde geniuses in ‘Picabia, Miro, Picasso’.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
The designers are the geniuses.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Oct. 2024
This is a begging-the-question fallacy disproved all the time by great popular geniuses like Shakespeare, Mozart, Toni Morrison, Lorca himself.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Modern weapons require huge teams, not just individual geniuses.
—Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Newer directors — and there are some that are geniuses out of the box, God bless them — but some of them want to control it too much.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Curious how your own pet’s personality compares to these avian geniuses?
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Among birds, New Caledonian crows have risen to the top as undisputed geniuses.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
If Boyd’s comeback is for real, the Cubs may end up looking like geniuses.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Picasso Ceramics and Etchings Helene Bailly gallery is exhibiting Picasso ceramics and prints with works by fellow Spanish avant-garde geniuses in ‘Picabia, Miro, Picasso’.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
The designers are the geniuses.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Oct. 2024
This is a begging-the-question fallacy disproved all the time by great popular geniuses like Shakespeare, Mozart, Toni Morrison, Lorca himself.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Modern weapons require huge teams, not just individual geniuses.
—Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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