Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
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mensa
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mensa.
Editorial note
Surely it's Mensa membership that correlates with low achievement, not scoring well on IQ tests per se.
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Quick take
Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of mensa gathered in one view.
In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.
(Roman Catholicism) The upper surface of an altar.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for mensa.
noun
Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
noun
In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.
noun
(Roman Catholicism) The upper surface of an altar.
noun
(astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.
Example sentences
Surely it's Mensa membership that correlates with low achievement, not scoring well on IQ tests per se.
You don't need to be a member of Mensa to ride an obvious bull market trend.
In our Mensa at the university we pay between 1.50 and 4€ per meal (exclusive drinks).
I used to be* a Mensa member, and it's really surprising and eye opening to see the variety of people there.
The Mensa tests seemed like they were designed to be just easy enough to get several right answers, thereby piquing the interest of the test taker.
During the 15-year period 1986 to 2001, the S&P 500 had average annual returns of 15.3%, but the Mensa investment club's performance averaged returns of just 2.5%.
Hm, I've heard many complain about the food quality at our mensa, and many never ate there, but overall my experience wasn't bad.
Me and all the registered ones I know are registered because the national organisation set up a stand in the university mensa one day.
The demographic of Mensa members is highly-intelligent non-contributors.
Unless you are Mensa material, it can seem easier to establish your claim on a (you hope) fat bonus through back-breaking work than by sleeping well and acting creatively.
I have no doubt that he is a tremendously important researcher but from the way he talks he sounds like one of those Mensa types.
The average Mensa member is really an average citizen with an average job - librarian in a small town, sysadmin in an elementary school, or just an unemployed, depressed twenty-something.
Quote examples
Probably every German uni has a restaurant ("Mensa") which is often very cheap because of subsidies.
University restaurants (also called "mensa" here) are pretty cheap, but quality is mediocre.
An amusing article by Eleanor Laise ("If We're So Smart, Why Aren't We Rich?") details the smart-but-undisciplined investment approach that reduced Mensa's returns to fiasco status.
[quoted from some website]"It turns out that Mensa has an investment club.
Proper noun examples
Communities that have benefited from restricting membership include the Freemasons, Mensa, and the online community TheRoot42.
Mensa (top 2% on intelligence test) have a demographic of high-ability non-achievers.
I have never understood what application Mensa-quiz puzzles and algorithms trivia questions have to the day-to-day work of making things go.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use mensa in a sentence?
Surely it's Mensa membership that correlates with low achievement, not scoring well on IQ tests per se.
What does mensa mean?
Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
What part of speech is mensa?
mensa is commonly used as noun.