originality

English

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Etymology

From original +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˌɹɪdʒᵻˈnælᵻti/

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