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1
the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others
- the artist's fertile inventiveness allows her to put on canvas landscapes that have never been trod by mortal feet
Synonyms for inventiveness
- contrivance,
- creativity,
- fancy,
- fantasy
- (also phantasy),
- ideation,
- imagination,
- imaginativeness,
- invention,
- originality
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the skill and imagination to create new things
- the contention that, in order to prosper, cities must attract young, well-educated people of great inventiveness in both the arts and high technology
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“Inventiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventiveness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.
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