Noun

(en noun)

A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.

I accept your offer, but with the following qualification .

The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.

Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.

(obsolete) A quality or attribute.

*1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :

*:To shew, that these Qualfications , which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.

An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.

What are your qualifications for this job?

Noun

(en-noun)

(eulogistic) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}

Extraordinary mental capacity.

Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

(Roman mythology) The guardian spirit of a place or person.

A way of thinking, optimizing one's capacity for learning and understanding.