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Nemesis (disambiguation)

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Nemesis (mythology) was the ancient Greek goddess of retribution.

In Modern English, the word commonly refers to an archenemy.

Nemesis may also refer to:

Philosophy

  • Nemesis, "a painful response to another's undeserved good fortune" as defined by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics

Arts and entertainment

Books and literature

Comics

Characters

Film

Games

Music

Performers

Albums

Songs

Television

Roller coasters

Politics

  • Operation Nemesis, "The Armenian Nuremberg", the Armenian Revolutionary Federation code-name for the covert operation in the 1920s to assassinate the Turkish masterminds of the Armenian Genocide

Science and technology

Transport

  • HMS Nemesis, four ships of the Royal Navy
  • USS Nemesis, three ships of the US Navy
  • HEIC Nemesis, an early iron warship used in the First Opium War
  • Sharp Nemesis, a famous racing plane now on display at the National Air and Space Museum
  • Sharp Nemesis NXT, a kit-built racing plane
  • AAQ-24 Nemesis, part of Directional Infrared Counter Measures, a Northrop-Grumman aircraft defense system
  • Nemesis Tipshus, famous American feline. Born: February 22, 1989. The first cat on the Internet. Streaming web cam and web site continuously since February 1994.

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