originality B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/ See IPA manual Freq #27110 Meanings 1 noun The quality of being new, fresh, and not copied from others. The judges praised the originality of her design. 2 noun The ability to think and create in an independent, inventive way. True originality means seeing familiar things in a new way. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms unoriginality Etymology AI details From French originalité. By surface analysis, original + -ity. originalité French View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # originality **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/ **Frequency rank:** 27110 ## Meanings 1. The quality of being new, fresh, and not copied from others. 2. The ability to think and create in an independent, inventive way. ## Examples - The judges praised the originality of her design. - True originality means seeing familiar things in a new way. ## Derived Forms - unoriginality ## Roots and Affixes - Root: originalité ## Etymology From French originalité. By surface analysis, original + -ity. ## AI Etymology Originality comes from French originalité. By surface analysis, original + -ity. Modern senses include the quality of being new, fresh, and not copied from others and the ability to think and create in an independent, inventive way. The wider word family includes derivatives such as unoriginality. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown