[U] the quality of being new and interesting in a way that is different from anything that has existed before:
This latest collection lacks style and originality. * Students are encouraged to show initiative and originality in their work.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of originality come from?
This entry for originality is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is originality a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, originality is tagged as noun.
Does originality appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — originality appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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