originative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- originatively adverb
Etymology
Origin of originative
Example Sentences
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The originative intellectual worker is not a normal human being and does not lead nor desire to lead a normal human life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whereas motion is a property of matter, intelligence is an originative power working out purposes of its own choosing.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton
Nor, in the second place, is the gold coin originative of the svastika-ornament; for we do not perceive the coin in the svastika, as we do perceive the threads in the cloth.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
And even these committees are less originative and more expressive of the general thought than they were at first.
From The World Set Free by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Man is originative in character; and poets—"of imagination all compact"—catch this new form of life, and we call the picture poetry.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)
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