genius
Example Sentences
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Because I think the genius of that film is the beautiful human thought behind the point of view of setting a Holocaust film in the general’s house over the wall in an opulent setting.
From Los Angeles Times
Neven is something of a legendary figure, part technological genius, part techno music enthusiast, who dresses like he has snowboarded here straight from the Burning Man music festival – for which he designs art.
From BBC
The sad part is these weren’t criminal geniuses.
From Los Angeles Times
Before he was hailed as a genius, Moylan grew up in Detroit as the youngest of six children.
Irving was a schmaltzy genius, and his depiction of Columbus as “a brilliant visionary, ahead of his time” was exactly how Americans were beginning to view their own country.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.