fecundity
- noun
- /fɪˈkʌndɪti/
- Formal
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fecundidad
- What we also learn from these recent works is about the remarkable fecundity of Beauvoir's texts.
Examples
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At times, Lonergan might even be described as poetic in the fecundity of his idiom.
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Kruks sees this body of literature as evidence of "the remarkable fecundity of Beauvoir's texts."
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While the model demonstrates simplicity, there is also a novelty to it that fosters fecundity in its use and interpretation.
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Furthermore, reproduction and distribution technologies have contributed to the fecundity of folklore communicated via writing.
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Order, peace, and fecundity depend on cultural distinctions; it is not these distinctions but the loss of them that gives birth to fierce rivalries and sets members of the same family.
Academic text (1990) -
The fecundity and dynamic life of God involves the eternal procession of love from love, which exists in time and history as the missions of incarnation and deification.
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Mozart's fecundity led to some of the most beloved compositions in classical music.
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The fecundity of her imagination allows her to create stories that captivate readers.
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Many scientists admire the fecundity of Einstein's theories, which opened new avenues for research.
Synonyms
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3.4
The ability to use imagination to make new ideas or things
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4.9
The ability to think of new ideas and ways to do things
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3.3
Ability to think of new ideas and make new things
The ability to think of many new ideas
A person's ability to make new ideas or things
Ability to come up with new ideas or works
Antonyms
How Productive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fecundity comes from the Latin word fecundus, meaning 'fruitful' or 'fertile'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a mind like a fruit tree full of ideas, which is why fecundity can also mean the ability to produce many new and original ideas.