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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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or genii
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
Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
The WarioWare series is where Nintendo's game design geniuses really let their freak flags fly, with hundreds of absolutely bonkers microgames that last only seconds but challenge mind and reflexes.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
And, of course, biographical dramas about musical geniuses.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
That cast included fellow comedic geniuses Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Christopher Guest.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
That’s where Philip has his geniuses.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025
Bach and Mozart, Newton and Einstein, Michelangelo and Picasso are considered geniuses because their rare creative minds were also amazingly efficient at bringing their innovative ideas to completion.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
My teammates, who were geniuses, politely ignored me for five minutes.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2025
Thus, these geniuses essentially suggest about half the free agents best fit LA, Yankees, or Mets, because obviously those are the teams most in need of such additions to improve their competitive nature.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Ringo was yellow submarines and octopus gardens, the mascot little brother, despite being the eldest Beatle, and the best at flittering above the feuds that afflicted the trio of geniuses around him.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
The WarioWare series is where Nintendo's game design geniuses really let their freak flags fly, with hundreds of absolutely bonkers microgames that last only seconds but challenge mind and reflexes.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
And, of course, biographical dramas about musical geniuses.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
That cast included fellow comedic geniuses Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Christopher Guest.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
That’s where Philip has his geniuses.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025
Bach and Mozart, Newton and Einstein, Michelangelo and Picasso are considered geniuses because their rare creative minds were also amazingly efficient at bringing their innovative ideas to completion.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
My teammates, who were geniuses, politely ignored me for five minutes.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2025
Thus, these geniuses essentially suggest about half the free agents best fit LA, Yankees, or Mets, because obviously those are the teams most in need of such additions to improve their competitive nature.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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