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inventional

inventional

8.8
Helping you find and develop ideas for writing or speaking
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈvɛnʃənl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : inovador
  • They act like an "inventional storehouse" and contain the rhetorical material that the draughtsman uses to create the drawing.

Examples

  • Medhurst and Desousa (1981) identified "four major inventional topoi" which merge the political concepts with the popular notions.

    Academic text (2018)

  • In the workshop, we explored inventional techniques to enhance creative writing and persuasive speeches.

  • The author's notes served as an inventional resource for developing compelling arguments in her essay.

  • His approach to inventional thinking allowed him to craft innovative solutions during brainstorming sessions.

Synonyms

inventive
vsinventional
40 3.8

Able to think of new and useful ideas

is about developing ideas and arguments rather than personal creative ability
innovational
vsinventional
6.7

Having new ideas or methods that make things better

relates to finding and developing ideas and arguments in writing
innovatory
vsinventional
7.2

Introducing new ideas or ways of doing things

focuses on the process of discovering and shaping ideas for rhetoric
originative
vsinventional
7.9

Able to create new ideas or things

centers on the act of discovering and developing ideas in writing contexts

Antonyms

derivative
26 7.2

Very similar to another person's work and not original

unoriginal
8 3.4

Not new or creative like ideas you have heard before

How Inventive

innovative
165 5.5
creative
772 3.3
inventional
  • Specialized
8.8
formulaic
8 6.9

Surface Forms

inventional positive

Morphology

inventional = invention (semi-transparent) = invent + ion + al

The adjective is formed transparently from the noun 'invention' with the suffix '-al'.

Etymology

Inventional comes from the same root as invent and invention, which long ago meant 'find' or 'come upon'. In writing and speaking, something inventional means being good at finding and developing new ideas or arguments.