originality
- noun
- /əˌrɪdʒɪˈnæləti/
- In a world filled with copies, true originality sets an artist apart from the rest.
- attitudes toward originality
- originality and creativity
- lack of originality
The depth of this originality is still not fully appreciated.
- The depth of this originality is still not fully appreciated.
- Because it's originality that makes a genius a genius.
- Hollywood today is not known for its originality.
- Now all of this recognition has come because of the great originality and importance of her scholarship.
- That originality will not come from machine learning.
- Thus, the notion that genius presupposes originality is not only unique to Western culture.
- And when that pure originality starts flowing through, it's the delicious place to be.
- Although I was distressed by my failure to be influenced, I was at that time, like most young artists I'd guess, more concerned with originality.
- We have always been a bastion of what did they say, originality, which OK.
- She's Elizabeth says, you know, originality is secondary to authenticity, right?
- And in this world of storytelling, uniqueness, authenticity, originality is what it breaks through.
Examples
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In the present study, for example, attitudes toward originality were directly assessed.
Academic text (1993) -
Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.
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That originality will not come from machine learning.
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And in this new age, originality is of great value.
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Well, you get points for originality.
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We employed the same measure of originality in the present study.
Academic text (1993) -
Far more than I, he has a streak of originality I lack.
Fiction book (1992) -
The depth of this originality is still not fully appreciated.
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Now all of this recognition has come because of the great originality and importance of her scholarship.
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Pearse brought a degree of originality to the way he used culture, in terms of instilling a sense of identity and idealism.
Synonyms
The ability to use imagination to make new ideas or things
Clever new thinking that finds solutions to problems and makes useful things
Something new or different that seems interesting
Thinking in new ways to make things or solve problems
The ability to think of new ideas and ways to do things
The quality of being new and original
Ability to think of new ideas and make new things
Thinking of new ideas and using new ways to do things
A single person's own new ideas and ways of making things
Ability to think of new and creative ideas
Being very clever at finding new ways to solve problems and make things
Ability to come up with new ideas or works
Antonyms
How Original
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word originality comes from the simple word origin, which comes from the Latin origo meaning 'beginning' or 'source'. That's why originality means having new, creative ideas, as if they come from the 'beginning' rather than from copying others.