Dictionary

creativity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
• [-ɾi] t-flapping
• /kri.əˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/

Etymology

Etymology tree English creative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English creativity From creative + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

hypercreativity · anticreativity · cocreativity · noncreativity · uncreativity

Relateds

genius · often associated with creativity · creation · creative · creatively · creativize · creativeness · creatify · create

Synonyms

originality · creativeness

Translations (56)

ko 창의력 (quality or ability to create or invent something) · is sköpunargáfa (quality or ability to create or invent something) · tl pagkamapanlikha (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ru креати́вность (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ka შემოქმედებითობა (quality or ability to create or invent something) · et loovus (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ru тво́рческие спосо́бности (quality or ability to create or invent something) · de Schaffenskraft (quality or ability to create or invent something) · id kreativitas (quality or ability to create or invent something) · fa خلاقیت (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ro creativitate (quality or ability to create or invent something) · tr yaratıcılık (quality or ability to create or invent something) · el δημιουργικότητα (quality or ability to create or invent something) · de Schöpfungskraft (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ur تخلیقی صلاحیت (quality or ability to create or invent something) · io kreiveso (quality or ability to create or invent something) · sv kreativitet (quality or ability to create or invent something) · nl creativiteit (quality or ability to create or invent something) · hu kreativitás (quality or ability to create or invent something) · sh стваралаштво (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ka კრეატიულობა (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ja 創造力 (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ja 創造性 (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ang orþanc (quality or ability to create or invent something) · cmn 創造力 /创造力 (quality or ability to create or invent something) · fo skapanarevni (quality or ability to create or invent something) · sh креативност (quality or ability to create or invent something) · de Kreativität (quality or ability to create or invent something) · hi रचनात्मकता (quality or ability to create or invent something) · vi tính sáng tạo (quality or ability to create or invent something) · vi óc sáng tạo (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ko 창조력 (quality or ability to create or invent something) · da skaberevne (quality or ability to create or invent something) · kk шығармашылық (quality or ability to create or invent something) · af kreatiwiteit (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ar إِبْدَاع (quality or ability to create or invent something) · pl kreatywność (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ca creativitat (quality or ability to create or invent something) · th ความคิดสร้างสรรค์ (quality or ability to create or invent something) · pt criatividade (quality or ability to create or invent something) · sh stvaralaštvo (quality or ability to create or invent something) · cmn 創造性 /创造性 (quality or ability to create or invent something) · ka შემოქმედობითობა (quality or ability to create or invent something) · fi luovuus (quality or ability to create or invent something) · sh kreativnost (quality or ability to create or invent something) · nn kreativitet (quality or ability to create or invent something) · nb kreativitet (quality or ability to create or invent something) · sv skaparförmåga (quality or ability to create or invent something) · gl creatividade (quality or ability to create or invent something) · da kreativitet (quality or ability to create or invent something) · fr créativité (quality or ability to create or invent something) · es creatividad (quality or ability to create or invent something) · mi auahatanga (quality or ability to create or invent something) · he יצירתיות (quality or ability to create or invent something) · pl twórczość (quality or ability to create or invent something) · cs tvořivost (quality or ability to create or invent something)