originative

[ uh-rij-uh-ney-tiv ]

adjective

1. having or characterized by the power of originating; creative.

Other Words From

• o·rigi·native·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of originative¹

First recorded in 1820–30; originate + -ive

Example Sentences

Youth is daring and originative; middle age is less venturesome, but it possesses, on the other hand, a wider range of experience.

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On the one hand there are originative factors which produce those changes in living creatures which make them different from their fellows.

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France before Rousseau was not the France of Victor Hugo; the former had work of an originative character to do in the social sphere, as Victor Hugo had in that of literature.

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The child must himself be originative, directive, and executive in the learning process if cram is to be avoided completely.

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Moderately mental; not originative, or inventive, but speculative; roving, predatory, revengeful, and sensual.

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Related Words

• artistic
• extravagant
• fanciful
• fantastic
• ingenious
• offbeat
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• romantic
• visionary
• vivid
• whimsical