Associations to the word «Originality»

Wiktionary

ORIGINALITY, noun. (uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
ORIGINALITY, noun. (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
ORIGINALITY, noun. (countable) Something original.

Dictionary definition

ORIGINALITY, noun. The ability to think and act independently.
ORIGINALITY, noun. The quality of being new and original (not derived from something else).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats