Associations to the word «Origination»

Wiktionary

ORIGINATION, noun. (uncountable) The process of bringing something into existence.
ORIGINATION, noun. (countable) The act of bringing something into existence.

Dictionary definition

ORIGINATION, noun. An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events.
ORIGINATION, noun. The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society".

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