originality
noun
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individuality, boldness, daring, ingenuity, freshness, brilliance, cleverness, resourcefulness, imagination, innovation, inventiveness, spirit, newness, novelty, creativity, invention, innovativeness, ingeniousness, nonconformity, modernityExamples from the Web for originality
Contemporary Examples of originality
Yet an answer, or even a speculation, would have added insight and originality to this terrific but risk-averse debut.
This adds only more fuel to the accusation that originality and risk on Broadway have virtually disappeared.
No one said Washington scored high on the originality scale.
In the event of a tie, tied Video Entries will be re-judged based solely on: Film Technique (1/2) and Originality (1/2).
OFFICIAL RULES OF THE IMAX® Award Contest—Deadline ExtendedOctober 8, 2012
If they were secretaries, take away 15 for lack of originality.
Historical Examples of originality
His motives for this stroke of originality were difficult to discover.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
This 'consolation stakes' is regarded as a better test of originality than the tripos.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
His originality as an inventor has indeed been called in question, like that of Watt and Stephenson.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
This savours of originality, at least, and is just as insipid, if not more.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
Yet the greater merit of the work is not the admirable art, but the originality of thought.
The RepublicPlato