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Beauty
Beauty is a characteristic of an animal, idea, object, person or place that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, culture, social psychology, philosophy and sociology. An “ideal beauty” is an entity which is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture, for perfection.
Ugliness is considered to be the opposite of beauty.
The experience of “beauty” often involves an interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature, which may lead to feelings of attraction and emotional well-being. Because this can be a subjective experience, it is often said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
There is evidence that perceptions of beauty are evolutionary determined, that things, aspects of people and landscapes considered beautiful are typically found in situations likely to give enhanced survival of the perceiving human’s genes.
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Beauty (noun)
The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
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Beauty (noun)
Someone who is beautiful.
“Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.”
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Beauty (noun)
Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
“That phrasing is a beauty.”
“What a goal, what a beauty.”
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Beauty (noun)
An excellent or egregious example of something.
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Beauty (noun)
The excellence, e.g. the genius
“”The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!”
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Beauty (noun)
A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
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Beauty (noun)
Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
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Beauty (noun)
Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
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Beauty (interjection)
Thanks! Cool!
“It’s the long weekend. Beauty!”
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Beauty (adjective)
Of high quality, well done.
“He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.”
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Glory (noun)
Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour.
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Glory (noun)
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
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Glory (noun)
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
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Glory (noun)
Worship or praise.
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Glory (noun)
An optical phenomenon caused by water droplets, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow.
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Glory (noun)
Victory; success.
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Glory (noun)
An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
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Glory (noun)
The humans in Abrahamic religions.
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Glory (noun)
Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
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Glory (verb)
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
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Glory (verb)
To boast; to be proud.
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Glory (verb)
To shine radiantly.
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Beauty (noun)
a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight
“an area of outstanding natural beauty”
“I was struck by her beauty”
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Beauty (noun)
a combination of qualities that pleases the intellect
“the artistry and beauty of football”
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Beauty (noun)
denoting something intended to make someone more attractive
“beauty treatment”
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Beauty (noun)
a beautiful woman
“he arrived with a blonde beauty on his arm”
“she was considered a great beauty in her youth”
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Beauty (noun)
an excellent example of something
“the fish was a beauty, around 14 pounds”
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Beauty (noun)
the pleasing or attractive features of (something)
“the beauties of the English countryside”
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Beauty (noun)
the best aspect or advantage of something
“the beauty of keeping cats is that they don’t tie you down”
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Beauty (adjective)
good; excellent (used as a general term of approval).