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91Hamlet in performance — Hamlet by William Shakespeare has been performed many times over since the beginning of the 17th century.hakespeare s day to the InterregnumShakespeare wrote the role of Hamlet for Richard Burbage, chief tragedian of The Lord Chamberlain s Men:… …
92Downing effect — The Downing effect describes the tendencies of people with below average intelligence quotients (IQs) to overestimate their intelligence, and of people with above average intelligence to underestimate their intelligence. The propensity to… …
93The Hurt Locker — Hurt Locker redirects here. For the song by American Rapper Xzibit, see Hurt Locker (song). The Hurt Locker …
94Illusory superiority — is a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their positive qualities and abilities and to underestimate their negative qualities, relative to others. This is evident in a variety of areas including intelligence, performance on tasks or …
95misjudgment — See misjudge. * * * …
96atomism — atomist, n. atomistic, atomistical, adj. atomistically, adv. /at euh miz euhm/, n. 1. Also called atomic theory. Philos. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter. 2. Psychol. a …
97divination — divinatory /di vin euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /div euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means. 2. augury; prophecy: The divination of the high priest… …
98duff — duff1 /duf/, n. Slang. the buttocks or rump: If you don t like the way things are, get off your duff and do something about it! [1885 90; expressive word, perh. akin to DOUP] duff2 /duf/, n. a stiff flour pudding, boiled or steamed and often… …
99Isabella I — ( the Catholic ) 1451 1504, wife of Ferdinand V: queen of Castile 1474 1504; joint ruler of Aragon 1479 1504. * * * known as Isabella the Catholic Spanish Isabel la Católica born April 22, 1451, Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile died Nov. 26 …
100misconstrue — /mis keuhn strooh / or, esp. Brit., /mis kon strooh/, v.t., misconstrued, misconstruing. to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret. [1350 1400; ME; see MIS 1, CONSTRUE] Syn. misread, misapprehend, misjudge. * * * …
