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ORIGINATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does originative mean?
• ORIGINATIVE (adjective)
The adjective ORIGINATIVE has 2 senses:
1. having the ability or power to create
2. containing seeds of later development
Familiarity information: ORIGINATIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the ability or power to create
Synonyms:
creative; originative
Context example:
a creative imagination
Similar:
fanciful; notional (indulging in or influenced by fancy)
fictive (capable of imaginative creation)
imaginative; inventive ((used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action)
yeasty (exuberantly creative)
Also:
original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
Attribute:
creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)
Derivation:
originate (bring into being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Containing seeds of later development
Synonyms:
germinal; originative; seminal
Context example:
seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another
Similar:
original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)
Derivation:
originate (come into existence; take on form or shape)
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