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Webster 1913 Edition
Originality
O-rigˊi-nal′i-ty
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
originalité
.] 1.
The quality or state of being original.
Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Originality
ORIGINAL'ITY
, n.1.
The quality or state of being original.2.
The power of originating or producing new thoughts, or uncommon combinations of thought; as originality of genius.Definition 2024
originality
originality
English
Noun
originality (countable and uncountable, plural originalities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
- (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
- Originality may be the capacity to look at the same facts and see new explanations.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
- (countable) Something original.
Translations
the quality of being original or novel
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the capacity to think independently or be inventive
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something original
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