brilliance has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ noun ] great brightness

Synonyms

glare blaze

Examples

"a glare of sunlight" "the flowers were a blaze of color"

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Her voice was ripe and full and her teeth flashed again in Sicilian brilliance before the warm curved lips met and her mouth settled in repose .

Related terms

brightness blaze

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[ noun ] the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

And in its engineers ' frantic attempts to achieve maximum dynamic impact and earsplitting brilliance , the recording sounds as though it had been `` doctored for super high_fidelity '' .

Related terms

elegance eclat

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[ noun ] (psychology) unusual mental ability

Synonyms

genius

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