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1
the quality or appeal of being new
- the originality of the war memorial sparked a heated controversy, as most people had been expecting something more traditional
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the skill and imagination to create new things
- a poet of great originality, she brought a whole new range of subject matter and imagery to poetry
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the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others
- a graphic novel that shows a lot of originality on the part of its creator
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“Originality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/originality. Accessed 27 Nov. 2021.
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The first known use of originality was in 1742
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