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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
o·rig·i·nal·i·ty    Audio Help   [uh-rij-uh-nal-i-tee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the quality or state of being original.
2.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.
[Origin: 1735–45; < F originalité. See original, -ity]

—Synonyms 1, 3. inventiveness, ingenuity, cleverness, creativeness.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  originality
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  creativeness, freshness, ingenuity, innovation, novelty, cleverness, unorthodoxy
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  invention
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The power or ability to invent.
Synonyms:  creativeness, creativity, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  novelty
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The quality of being novel.
Synonyms:  freshness, innovativeness, newfangledness, newness
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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