noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pure genius
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That excuse you came up with was a flash of pure genius.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
artistic
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This struggle with adversity and the resulting self-imposed isolation came to be seen as criteria for artistic genius .
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He had seen the reflected glory of kings and princes, experienced the artistic genius of the Renaissance.
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She was convinced of her own artistic genius and perpetually dissatisfied with the quality of recognition she received.
comic
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It's one of those rare books of comic genius that imprints itself on the brain and can never afterwards be eradicated.
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I mean, he was a comic genius , yet he still wanted to be something he wasn't.
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The only saving grace was Robert Downey Junior's performance as the comic genius they said.
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It isn't every comic genius who would undertake to send his talent into such painful places.
creative
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The creative genius of artist, composer, or writer is a kind of genie.
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The days of the creative genius prima donna are over.
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There followed a period of about fifteen years when creative genius became evident, such as the works of William Shakespeare.
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After all, you are a creative genius and these characters are mere socialites.
great
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He is to me the greatest genius of our century.
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That, combined with anonymity no matter how great your genius , would seem like a formula for disaster.
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New Yorkers have always shown a greater genius for putting up new buildings than for repairing old ones.
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The great genius of this world was to make an advantage of disadvantage.
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Beethoven may have been the greatest genius of repetition in the history of music.
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This was another part of his great genius: he actually looked like John L.. Lewis.
mathematical
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I decide that he is a latent mathematical genius .
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Many of the individuals in these groups have dazzling individual skills mathematical genius is often one.
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Stephen Wolfram, a mathematical genius who did pioneering work on the varieties of computer algorithms agrees.
musical
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The resulting fictionalised account is a faithful portrait of a musical genius , drunken lout, spiritual healer, liar and clown.
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Fortunately, the timeless musical genius knew when to call it quits, though his stunning creations live on.
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Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.
pure
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We are swimmers in slow motion, we glide together through clear and wordless waves, strokes of pure genius .
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None of us has the gift of a pure genius like Mozart.
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Warm yourself by the fireside of pure genius and it won't cost you a penny.
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The Swindon sweeper doesn't need a broomstick to weave his magic and cast his soccer spells, just pure genius .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stroke of genius/inspiration etc
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It was putting it into such a familiar context as a railway train that was a stroke of genius.
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Kevin Coley was busy supervising four different video cameramen to capture Trace's every stroke of genius on the field.
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Really, quite a stroke of genius.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a math genius
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Could a computer ever achieve the genius of men like Newton and Einstein.
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Einstein was probably the greatest mathematical genius of all time.
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Her teachers recognized her genius early on.
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I admire the Japanese genius for improving ideas from other countries.
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Maurice was always entertaining, but there was a touch of genius in the way he talked that night.
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Perot was a wonderful businessman and a genius in his own way.
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Sakharov was a man of genius .
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Sandra will deal with it. That woman has a genius for organization.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All have found to their cost that on his game there's simply no stopping the hurling genius .
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His enduring passion and genius is financial.
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Nude or clothed, the female figure has been at the centre of debates about the genius in art.
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Really, quite a stroke of genius .
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They would think me, if not a genius , then at least astute.