originality

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the ability to think and act independently
  2. noun the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)

Etymology

From French originalité. By surface analysis, original + -ity.

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