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inventiveness
The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.
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  1. The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.
imagination
The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness:
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  1. The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness:
  2. The ability to form mental images of things that are not present to the senses or not considered to be real:
  3. The formation of such images:
creativity
Creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness
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  1. Creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness
contrivance
The act, way, or power of contriving
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  1. The act, way, or power of contriving
  2. A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
  3. Something contrived, as an invention, mechanical device, or ingenious plan
contraption
A machine that is complicated and precarious.
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  1. A machine that is complicated and precarious.
  2. A mechanical device; a gadget.
  3. A device or machine regarded as strange, incomprehensible, makeshift, etc.; contrivance or gadget
design
A reasoned purpose; an intent:
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  1. A reasoned purpose; an intent:
  2. The art or practice of designing or making designs:
  3. The purposeful or inventive arrangement of parts or details:
creativity
Creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness
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  1. Creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness
ingeniousness
The condition of being ingenious.
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  1. The condition of being ingenious.
ingenuity
An ingenious device, stratagem, etc.
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  1. An ingenious device, stratagem, etc.
  2. An ingenious or imaginative contrivance.
  3. Inventive skill or imagination; cleverness.
inventiveness
The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.
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  1. The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.
originality
The capacity to act or think independently.
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  1. The capacity to act or think independently.
  2. (Countable) Something original.
  3. The ability to be inventive or creative
brainchild
(Informal) An idea, plan, etc. regarded as produced by a person's own mental labor
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  1. (Informal) An idea, plan, etc. regarded as produced by a person's own mental labor
  2. A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators
contrivance
The act, way, or power of contriving
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  1. The act, way, or power of contriving
  2. Something contrived, as an invention, mechanical device, or ingenious plan
  3. A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
device
A contrivance or invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.
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  1. A contrivance or invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.
  2. An invention, typically a mechanical object; a tactic or contrivance for the purpose of committing a deception or fraud. An invention, typically a mechanical object; a tactic or contrivance for the purpose of committing a deception or fraud.
  3. A design, often with a motto, on a coat of arms; heraldic emblem
creation
A creating or being created
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  1. A creating or being created
  2. The divine act by which, according to various religious and philosophical traditions, the world was brought into existence.
  3. An original product of human invention or artistic imagination:
fantasy
(Music) A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
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  1. (Music) A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
  2. (Psychol.) A more-or-less connected series of mental images, as in a daydream, usually involving some unfulfilled desire
  3. A work of fiction portraying highly characters or settings that have no counterparts in the real world
fiction
The category of literature, drama, film, or other creative work whose content is imagined and is not necessarily based on fact.
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  1. The category of literature, drama, film, or other creative work whose content is imagined and is not necessarily based on fact.
  2. Works in this category:
  3. Narrative, explanatory material, or belief that is not true or has been imagined or fabricated:
figment
Something invented, made up, or fabricated:
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  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:
myth
Such stories considered as a group:
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  1. Such stories considered as a group:
  2. A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal:
  3. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society:
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Sentence Examples

  • The invention of the damper-pedal in the pianoforte epitomizes the difference between polyphony and symphonic art, for it is the earliest device by which sounds are produced and prolonged in a way contrary to the spirit of "real" part-writing.

  • The invention of the railroad was a milestone in the history of transportation.

  • Briggs was greatly excited by Napier's invention and visited him at Merchiston in 1615, staying with him a whole month; he repeated his visit in 1616 and, as he states, "would have been glad to make him a third visit if it had pleased God to spare him so long."

  • Every day in imagination I made a trip round the world, and I saw many wonders from the uttermost parts of the earth--marvels of invention, treasuries of industry and skill and all the activities of human life actually passed under my finger tips.

  • Ztg., 1815, May, p. 309, the first announcement of the invention in a paragraph by Captain G.

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