ORIGINALITY Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

originality

noun

ə-ˌri-jə-ˈna-lə-tē

as in novelty

the quality or appeal of being new the originality of the war memorial sparked a heated controversy, as most people had been expecting something more traditional

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as in creativity

the skill and imagination to create new things a poet of great originality, she brought a whole new range of subject matter and imagery to poetry

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as in imagination

the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others a graphic novel that shows a lot of originality on the part of its creator

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Examples of originality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Judges will score breakers on five categories — technique, vocabulary, execution, musicality and originality. —

NBC News, 23 July 2024 Taking up Turing’s suggestion of using a roulette wheel to inject originality into the computer’s decision-making, Strachey used a random number generator programmed by Turing to write the Mark 1’s love letter generator. —

Patricia Fancher, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2024 Biting another dancer’s moves would do the same to originality. —

Dvora Meyers, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 Use your skills and originality to find solutions and make a difference in your community. —

Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for originality

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