originality

[O*rig`i*nalĀ·i*ty]

The quality or state of being original.

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The quality or state of being original.

Noun
the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)

Noun
the ability to think and act independently


n.
The quality or state of being original.


Originality

O*rig`i*nal"i*ty , n. [Cf. F. originalit'82.] The quality or state of being original. Macaulay.

The quality or state of being original.

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Usage Examples

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

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Other Usage Examples

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern.

I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before.

Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.

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