creativity
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹieɪˈtɪvɪti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɹieɪˈtɪvəti/, /-ɾi/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: cre‧at‧iv‧ity
Noun
creativity (countable and uncountable, plural creativities)
- The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.
- His creativity is unsurpassed by his fellow students in the art class.
- 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0 – 1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 4 November 2016:
- Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.
Synonyms
- (ability to create or invent): creativeness, originality.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
quality or ability to create or invent something
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See also
- genius, often associated with creativity.
Further reading
creativity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
