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  • 71genius — /jeen yeuhs/, n., pl. geniuses for 2, 3, 8, genii /jee nee uy / 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 …

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  • 72Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …

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  • 73Samkhya — /sahng kyeuh/, n. Hinduism. Sankhya. * * * One of the six orthodox systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy. It adopts a consistent dualism between matter and soul (see prakriti and purusha), which are sufficient to account for the existence of… …

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  • 74Wilson, Edmund — born May 8, 1895, Red Bank, N.J., U.S. died June 12, 1972, Talcottville, N.Y. U.S. critic and essayist. He attended Princeton University and initially worked as a reporter and magazine editor. Much of his writing, in which he probed diverse… …

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  • 75information processing — Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer based operations. Information processing consists of locating and capturing information, using software to… …

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  • 76Goyen, Jan van — ▪ Dutch painter Goyen also spelled  Goijen , in full  Jan Josephszoon van Goyen  born Jan. 13, 1596, Leiden, Neth. died April 27, 1656, The Hague  painter and etcher, one of the most gifted landscapists in the Netherlands during the early 17th… …

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  • 77painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 78expansivity — noun expansiveness …

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  • 79Mania — An abnormally elevated mood state characterized by such symptoms as inappropriate elation, increased irritability, severe insomnia, grandiose notions, increased speed and/or volume of speech, disconnected and racing thoughts, increased sexual… …

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  • 80grandiose — Pertaining to feelings of great importance, expansiveness, or delusions of grandeur. [It. grandioso, fr. L. grandis, large] * * * gran·di·ose gran dē .ōs, .gran dē adj characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration …

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