originative
- adjective
- /ˈɔrɪdʒɪnətɪv/
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originativo
- Her originative thoughts in the brainstorming session led to a breakthrough in the project.
Examples
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This means, above all, a tendency to understand thinking as responsive rather than originative.
Academic text (1993) -
And even if human behavior were partially attributable to some random element, that would do nothing to endow us with originative agenthood.
Academic text (1996) -
We want to believe that in some essential respect the self stands outside of nature and culture, bearing originative responsibility for its acts.
Academic text (1996) -
Our concept of moral responsibility need not rest on the myth of originative agency but only on the necessity for social order.
Academic text (1996) -
But it also rules out any personal spirit, soul, or inner agent that possesses a special originative capacity not found elsewhere in nature.
Academic text (2002) -
The artist's originative approach to painting surprised everyone at the gallery.
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Innovative technology often stems from originative ideas that challenge traditional methods.
Synonyms
772
3.3
Showing imagination to make art or new ideas
165
5.5
Having new ideas or methods to do things better
40
3.8
Able to think of new and useful ideas
30
8.0
An original idea or work that strongly influences later developments
2
7.3
Having the ability to make or produce new things
Showing skill at making new things
Having new ideas or methods that make things better
Antonyms
How Creative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word originative comes from the root origin, which means 'beginning' and appears in the word original. So to be originative is to make a new beginning or to create fresh ideas.