originality

o·rig·i·nal·i·ty

O0120900 (ə-rĭj′ə-năl′ĭ-tē)n. pl. o·rig·i·nal·i·ties 1. The quality of being original.2. The capacity to act or think independently.3. Something original.

originality

(əˌrɪdʒɪˈnælɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. the quality or condition of being original2. the ability to create or innovate3. something original

o•rig•i•nal•i•ty

(əˌrɪdʒ əˈnæl ɪ ti)

n. 1. the quality or state of being original. 2. the ability to think or express oneself in an independent and individual manner; creative ability. 3. freshness or novelty, as of an idea, method, or performance. [1735–45; < French originalité]

Originality

As distinctive as a paper clip —Loren D. Estleman
As novel as teaching chickens to drive cars —Richard Ford
See Also: ABSURDITY
Blowing platitudes like bubbles through air —William Styron
The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree can produce an original fruit —Jerome K. Jerome
See Also: THOUGHT
Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it —Louis Kronenberger
Original as a xeroxed letter —Elyse Sommer
A platitude like a bad postcard of the Parthenon —Karl Shapiro
Unique as the suits worn to a banker’s convention —Elyse Sommer
Unlike the rest of the family as wine from water —J. B. Priestly
Unoriginal as any rabbit —Robert Frost
Wondrous as the butterfly’s birth from the worm —Alderman

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	originality - the ability to think and act independentlyability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"innovativeness - originality by virtue of introducing new ideasunconventionality - originality by virtue of being unconventionalnovelty, freshness - originality by virtue of being new and surprising
	2.	originality - the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespearenovelty, freshness - originality by virtue of being refreshingly novelheterodoxy, unorthodoxy - the quality of being unorthodoxunoriginality - the quality of being unoriginal

originality

noun novelty, imagination, creativity, innovation, new ideas, individuality, ingenuity, freshness, uniqueness, boldness, inventiveness, cleverness, resourcefulness, break with tradition, newness, unfamiliarity, creative spirit, unorthodoxy, unconventionality, creativeness, innovativeness, imaginativeness the startling originality of his writing
orthodoxy, normality, conformity, regularity, traditionalism, conventionality, staleness, imitativeness

originality

noun1. The quality of being novel:freshness, innovativeness, newfangledness, newness, novelty.2. The power or ability to invent:creativeness, creativity, ingeniousness, ingenuity, invention, inventiveness.

Translations

创造性

origin

(ˈoridʒin) noun the place or point from which anything first comes; the cause. the origin(s) of the English language; the origin of the disagreement.起源oˈriginal (əˈri-) adjective1. existing at the beginning; first. This part of the house is new but the rest is original.原始的2. (able to produce ideas which are) new, fresh or not thought of before. original ideas; He has a very original mind.有独创性的3. (of a painting etc) by the artist etc, from which copies may be made. The original painting is in the museum, but there are hundreds of copies.原作的 noun1. the earliest version. This is the original – all the others are copies.原作2. a model from which a painting etc is made. She is the original of the famous portrait.原型oˌrigiˈnality (əridʒiˈnӕ-) nounHis writing shows originality.创造性oˈriginally adverb创造性地originate (əˈridʒineit) verb to bring or come into being. That style of painting originated in China.发源ˈorigins noun plural a person's place of birth, family background etc. He tried to hide his origins.原籍

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noun novelty

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noun the quality of being novel

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noun the power or ability to invent

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noun the ability to think and act independently

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noun the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)

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