creativity

What it means

1. countableuncountableThe ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.

   Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.

   2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0 – 1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2016

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   I suppose it's part of my creativity and may also be just a desire to, maybe an idea that there is a wonderful way to do it, and that I'm working toward the wonderful way to do it.

   1994, Cheryl L. Sattler, Talking about a Revolution, The Politics and Practice of Feminist Teaching, page 134

   It made me feel a little nauseous but was great for powering through boring tasks. It did not, however, do anything for my creativity or improve my thinking in any way.

   2019 August 5, Arwa Mahdawi, “Self-hypnosis, amphetamines? I tried eight hacks in my quest to be more productive”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2019

   Synonyms: creativeness, originality

In a sentence

I suppose it's part of my creativity and may also be just a desire to, maybe an idea that there is a wonderful way to do it, and that I'm working toward the wonderful way to do it.

1994, Cheryl L. Sattler, Talking about a Revolution, The Politics and Practice of Feminist Teaching, page 134

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-
3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁eh₂yéti
4. Proto-Italic[Term?]
5. Latincreō
6. Latincreātīvus
7. Englishcreative
8. Englishcreativity

From creative + -ity.