non-creativityn.
/ˌnɒnkriːeɪˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑnkrieɪˈtɪvᵻdi/ The absence or lack of creativity; the characteristic of not being creative; (Logic) a property of a definition such that it does not allow the derivation of a previously unprovable theorem stated wholly in terms of primitive and already defined symbols.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creative ability or power > state of being uncreative
uncreativeness1855
non-creativity1929
1929 Jrnl. Philos. 26 233 In the newer realism as well as in the older materialism we are familiar with the idea of the non-creativity of mind in a realistic universe.
1957 P. Suppes Introd. to Logic 154 Criterion of Non-creativity.
1960 Mind 69 110 Non-creativity means that no theorem not containing the definiens should be derivable from axioms together with the definition unless it is also derivable from the axioms alone.
1965 B. Mates Elem. Logic xi. 190 ϕ will satisfy the criterion of non-creativity.
1988 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 53 999 This dictum, stressing the non-creativity of mathematical definitions, seems to be at odds with Frege's notion of objectivity.
1991 Jrnl. Organizational Behavior 12 241 The lowest deference score..in the creativity group is at the 20th percentile of the non-creativity group.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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