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Antonyms for originative


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-rij-uh-ney-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪ tɪv



Definition of originative

  • As in innovative : adj creative
  • As in inventive : adj creative
  • As in original : adj fresh, new
  • As in innovatory : adj inventive
  • As in creative : adj artistic, imaginative
  • As in imaginative : adj creative, inventive
Example sentences :
  • This power we have termed the originative or intuitive faculty.
  • Extract from : « Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will » by Joseph Haven
  • There was no room for, and no need of, the conception of free, originative thought.
  • Extract from : « Rudolph Eucken » by Abel J. Jones
  • Lombardy, with the exception of Venice, is comparatively barren of originative elements.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 » by John Addington Symonds
  • What he lacked was depth of feeling, the sense of noble form, the originative force of a great mind.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 » by John Addington Symonds
  • Youth is daring and originative; middle age is less venturesome, but it possesses, on the other hand, a wider range of experience.
  • Extract from : « A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution » by C. M. Williams
  • The necessary demand of reason is that the first and originative cause of all finite personality shall be Himself a person.
  • Extract from : « The Theistic Conception of the World » by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
  • To appreciate fully his originative power one must understand the disadvantages under which he worked.
  • Extract from : « Sir Joshua Reynolds » by Estelle M. Hurll
  • These places lay within the confines of central and northern France, the home of the most originative mediaeval development.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • Behrens was one of those vividly clever energetic people who are the despair of originative men.
  • Extract from : « Marriage » by H. G. Wells
  • Now the untrained mind appreciates the dynamic aspect of literature, whether it be the originative mind or the mind of the reader.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and the Beast » by Stewart A. McDowall

Synonyms for originative

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