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Binet

American  
[bih-ney, bee-ne] / bɪˈneɪ, biˈnɛ /

noun

  1. Alfred 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.


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The CGT press service said it could not confirm Binet's election as long as its members had not been informed.

From Reuters

Pinchot ably balances erudition and emotion in a delivery that enlivens Binet’s abstruse philosophizing with witty enthusiasm, sauced with sex, drugs and murder.

From Seattle Times

According to the French author Laurent Binet, it’s easy to understand why bookshops are up in arms.

From The Guardian

Alfred Binet, the modest Frenchman who invented IQ testing in 1904, knew that intelligence was too complex to be expressed in a single number.

From The Guardian

Another nominee - The Seventh Function of Language by France's Laurent Binet - features a man wooing a woman with the words: "Let's construct an assemblage."

From BBC