derivative
adjective
derivativeness
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a word derived from
derivative.
Example Sentences
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Yet the film’s derivativeness — residents literally fight darkness with light — is countered by strong acting from the two leads and a director who just might be having the time of his life.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
Dead Space, released in 2008, is a survival-horror classic, a game whose derivativeness is well balanced by how often it makes you run screaming from the room.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2011
A similar derivativeness plagues Nira Pereg’s “And Melancholy,” which visits the balconies of the different buildings in Tel Aviv where she has lived.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2010
