originality

orig·i·nal·i·ty

noun \ə-ˌri-jə-ˈna-lə-tē\

: the quality of being new and different in a good and appealing way

Full Definition of ORIGINALITY

1

:  the quality or state of being original

2

:  freshness of aspect, design, or style

3

:  the power of independent thought or constructive imagination

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Examples of ORIGINALITY

1. Critics have praised the movie's startling originality.
2. I was amazed by the originality of her ideas.

First Known Use of ORIGINALITY

1742

Related to ORIGINALITY

Synonyms

freshness, newness, novelty

Related Words

hipness, trendiness; bizarreness, strangeness, unfamiliarity, unusualness; progressiveness; currentness, recentness, up-to-dateness; departure, divergence, innovation, offshoot, shoot

Near Antonyms

banality, commonness, familiarity; outdatedness, staleness

Rhymes with ORIGINALITY

asexuality, bisexuality, bunker mentality, collegiality, colloquiality, commerciality, conceptuality, conditionality, congeniality, connaturality, connubiality, conventionality, conviviality, corporeality, dimensionality, directionality, effectuality, emotionality, essentiality, eventuality, exceptionality, extensionality, grammaticality, horizontality, illogicality, impartiality, impersonality, impracticality, inhospitality, instrumentality, intentionality, irrationality, monumentality, municipality, pansexuality, paranormality, polytonality, potentiality, proportionality, provinciality, sentimentality, spirituality, split personality, substantiality, supernormality, theatricality, universality