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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky