originality
the quality or state of being original.
ability to think or express oneself in an independent and individual manner; creative ability.
freshness or novelty, as of an idea, method, or performance.
Origin of originality
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Other words from originality
- un·o·rig·i·nal·i·ty, noun
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How to use originality in a sentence
I said a moment ago that the most striking characteristic of the dilettanti is unoriginality.
Books and Persons | Arnold BennettThe unoriginality, however, is rather in the style than in the matter, and so will be more fitly remarked under the head of Style.
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. | H. N. HudsonThey are not familiar to me, and yet I confess to a vague feeling of unoriginality.
Tales of Fantasy and Fact | Brander MatthewsBut there is a point at which unoriginality may become a sin.
Parkhurst Boys | Talbot Baines Reed
British Dictionary definitions for originality
/ (əˌrɪdʒɪˈnælɪtɪ) /
the quality or condition of being original
the ability to create or innovate
something original
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