creativity
Americannoun
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the state or quality of being creative.
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the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination.
the need for creativity in modern industry; creativity in the performing arts.
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the process by which one utilizes creative ability.
Extensive reading stimulated his creativity.
Other Word Forms
- anticreativity noun
- noncreativity noun
- uncreativity noun
Etymology
Origin of creativity
Example Sentences
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“There were so many guardrails and it was so restrictive,” she says, adding that she chafed at the hours, the dress and behavioral codes, and the lack of creativity.
From Los Angeles Times
Not only has Holland felt better physically, she credits grocery shopping at the ranch with sparking new excitement and creativity in her cooking routine.
From Los Angeles Times
“Adult Swim has always been a creator‑driven network and ‘Smiling Friends’ simply wouldn’t exist without the singular vision and ambitious creativity of its co-creators.
From Los Angeles Times
There are two schools of thought on human creativity.
In medicine, as elsewhere, AI technology has been shown to be useful to take over automatable tasks from humans, but not in situations requiring human ingenuity or creativity — or precision.
From Los Angeles Times
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