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Originality

Originality Meaning & Definition
Originality Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Originality?

[n] the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
[n] the ability to think and act independently

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See Also | ability | freshness | freshness | heterodoxy | innovativeness | novelty | novelty | power | quality | unconventionality | unorthodoxy

Originality In Webster's Dictionary

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

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