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Audio Help [jeen-yuh
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Audio Help [jee-nee-ahy] Pronunciation Key for 6, 7, 9. | 1. | an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart. |
| 2. | a person having such capacity. |
| 3. | a person having an extraordinarily high intelligence rating on a psychological test, as an IQ above 140. |
| 4. | natural ability or capacity; strong inclination: a special genius for leadership. |
| 5. | distinctive character or spirit, as of a nation, period, or language. |
| 6. | the guardian spirit of a place, institution, etc. |
| 7. | either of two mutually opposed spirits, one good and the other evil, supposed to attend a person throughout life. |
| 8. | a person who strongly influences for good or ill the character, conduct, or destiny of a person, place, or thing: Rasputin, the evil genius of Russian politics. |
| 9. | genie (defs. 1, 3). |
—Synonyms 4. gift, talent, aptitude, faculty.
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| gen·ius
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n. pl. gen·ius·es
[Middle English, guardian spirit, from Latin; see genə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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