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| + | ==Origin== |
| + | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''grete'', from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''grēat''; akin to Old High German ''grōz'' large |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] |
| + | ==Definitions== |
| + | *1a : notably large in size : huge |
| + | :b : of a kind characterized by [[relative]] largeness —used in [[plant]] and [[animal]] [[names]] |
| + | :c : elaborate, ample <great detail> |
| + | *2a : large in [[number]] or [[measure]] : numerous <great multitudes> |
| + | :b : predominant <the great [[majority]]> |
| + | *3: remarkable in [[magnitude]], [[degree]], or effectiveness <great bloodshed> |
| + | *4: full of [[emotion]] <great with [[anger]]> |
| + | *5a : eminent, distinguished <a great [[poet]]> |
| + | :b : chief or preeminent over others —often used in titles <Lord Great Chamberlain> |
| + | :c : [[aristocratic]], grand <great ladies> |
| + | *6: long continued <a great while> |
| + | *7: principal, main <a reception in the great hall> |
| + | *8: more remote in a [[family]] relationship by a single [[generation]] than a specified relative <great-grandfather> |
| + | *9: markedly superior in [[character]] or quality; especially : [[noble]] <great of [[soul]]> |
| + | *10a : remarkably [[skilled]] <great at tennis> |
| + | :b : marked by [[enthusiasm]] : keen <great on [[science fiction]]> |
| + | ==Description== |
| + | Since the publication of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton Francis Galton]’s ''Hereditary Genius'' in 1869, and especially with the [[accelerated]] development of intelligence tests in the early 1900s, there has been a vast amount of [[social scientific]] [[research]] published relative to the question of ‘'''greatness'''’. Much of this research doesn’t actually use the term ‘great’ in [[describing]] itself, preferring terms such as ‘eminence’, ‘[[genius]]’, ‘exceptional achievement’, etc. Historically the major [[intellectual]] battles over this [[topic]] have focused around the questions of ‘[[nature]] vs [[nurture]]’ or ‘[[person]] vs [[context]]’. Today the importance of both [[dimensions]] is accepted by all, but disagreements over the [[relative]] importance of each are still [[reflected]] in variations in [[research]] emphases.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatness] |
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| + | [[Category: Philosophy]] |
| + | [[Category: Psychology]] |