ORIGINALITY

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("originality" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)

unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "originality"):

freshness; novelty (originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel)

heterodoxy; unorthodoxy (the quality of being unorthodox)

Antonym:

unoriginality (the quality of being unoriginal)

Derivation:

original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)

Meaning:

The ability to think and act independently

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("originality" is a kind of...):

ability; power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "originality"):

innovativeness (originality by virtue of introducing new ideas)

unconventionality (originality by virtue of being unconventional)

freshness; novelty (originality by virtue of being new and surprising)