originality

English

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Etymology

From original +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˌɹɪdʒᵻˈnalᵻti/

Noun

originality (countable and uncountable; plural originalities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
2. (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:

     Originality may be the capacity to look at the same facts and see new explanations.

3. (countable) Something original.

Translations

the quality of being original or novel

Finnish: omaperäisyys, omintakeisuus, omaleimaisuus German: Originalität (de) f.

Romanian: originalitate (ro) f.

the capacity to think independently or be inventive

German: Originalität (de) f. Portuguese: originalidade (pt) f.

Romanian: originalitate (ro) f.

something original

German: Originalität (de) f.

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Esperanto: originaleco Hebrew: מקוריות f. Portuguese: originalidade f. Serbo-Croatian: samobitnost Spanish: originalidad f.