an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart.
a person having such capacity.
a person having an extraordinarily high intelligence rating on a psychological test, as an IQ above 140.
natural ability or capacity; strong inclination: a special genius for leadership.
distinctive character or spirit, as of a nation, period, or language.
the guardian spirit of a place, institution, etc.
either of two mutually opposed spirits, one good and the other evil, supposed to attend a person throughout life.
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.
Islamic Mythology. jinn; genie.
genie (def. 3).
Origin of genius
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin: “tutelary deity or genius of a person”; cf. genus
For example, if you’re skilled in Photoshop and you meet someone who is a genius with video editing, you all could agree to use your talents to help the other.
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He wasn’t some sort of genius, but he was good at reading people in terms of who was vulnerable, what their vulnerabilities were.
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A large part of the impetus to start Camelback was just this feeling that we have a genius in our communities of color and we’re not necessarily leveraging those for social change.
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We have a genius in our communities of color and we’re not necessarily leveraging those for social change.
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We’re not all geniuses with Einstein-like hair that are antisocial and just have Eureka moments all the time.
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Bonauto, now an official MacArthur genius, is rightly known as the Thurgood Marshall of the marriage movement.
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In that case the device was to put the genius in opposition to a majority of established cultural tastes and codes.
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One of the stories, “On the Hill,” was deemed “a work of genius.”
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“Whoever invented the bed was a genius,” Kalman writes in My Favorite Things.
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Jazz is now entrenched in high schools and colleges, and gets honored with Pulitzer Prizes and genius grants.
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Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones.
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He had in the highest degree what is called in human nature "genius," and in dogs and horses "instinct."
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The star of his genius mounted, without a cloud to obscure it, in the firmament of the Church.
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It describes the methods which genius has half-instinctively, half-thoughtfully followed.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845|Various
An actress of genius, she knew how to keep her head, but she surrendered her whole heart, her whole soul.