creativity
noun/kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/ · /kri.əˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
Etymology From creative + -ity.
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The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.
- I suppose it's part of my creativity and may also be just a desire to, maybe an idea that there is a wonderful way to do it, and that I'm working toward the wonderful way to do it.1994, Cheryl L. Sattler, Talking about a Revolution, The Politics and Practice of Feminist Teaching, page 134:
- Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0 – 1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2016:
- Derived terms
- anticreativity, cocreativity, hypercreativity, noncreativity, uncreativity
- Related terms
- create, creatify, creation, creative, creatively, creativeness, creativize, genius, often associated with creativity