originative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- originatively adverb
Etymology
Origin of originative
Example Sentences
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The originative intellectual worker is not a normal human being and does not lead nor desire to lead a normal human life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most intelligent people have found some happiness in learning that the dealings of God—that is, the creative and originative power behind the universe—are at all events not whimsical, however unintelligible they may be.
From At Large by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Nothing, indeed, in the history of art is more remarkable than the fertility of this originative genius, no less industrious in labour than fruitful of results for men who followed him.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington
Watts’s power, on the other hand, lies in his great originative and imaginative genius, and he reminds us of Æschylus or Michael Angelo in the startling vividness of his conceptions.
From Miscellanies by Ross, Robert
The child must himself be originative, directive, and executive in the learning process if cram is to be avoided completely.
From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
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