The power or ability to invent

• originality

  1. The capacity to act or think independently.
  2. (Countable) Something original.
  3. The ability to be inventive or creative

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  1. The capacity to act or think independently.
  2. (Countable) Something original.
  3. The ability to be inventive or creative

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• inventiveness

  1. The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

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  1. The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

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• ingenuity

  1. An ingenious device, stratagem, etc.
  2. An ingenious or imaginative contrivance.
  3. Inventive skill or imagination; cleverness.

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  1. An ingenious device, stratagem, etc.
  2. An ingenious or imaginative contrivance.
  3. Inventive skill or imagination; cleverness.

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• ingeniousness

  1. The condition of being ingenious.

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  1. The condition of being ingenious.

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• creativity

  1. Creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness

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  1. Creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness

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• creativeness

  1. The state of being creative; creativity

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  1. The state of being creative; creativity

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Something invented

• device

  1. Something used to gain an artistic effect
  2. A contrivance or invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.
  3. A design, often with a motto, on a coat of arms; heraldic emblem

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  1. Something used to gain an artistic effect
  2. A contrivance or invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.
  3. A design, often with a motto, on a coat of arms; heraldic emblem

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• contrivance

  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

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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

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• brainchild

  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

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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

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Any fictitious idea accepted as part of an ideology by an uncritical group; a received idea

• myth

  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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  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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• figment

  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:

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  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:

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• fiction

  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:

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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:

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• fantasy

  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

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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

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• creation

  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:

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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:

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Ingenuity

• creativity

  1. Creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness

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  1. Creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness

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• imagination

  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:

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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:

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• inventiveness

  1. The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

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  1. The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

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An original device

• design

  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:

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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:

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• contraption

  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

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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

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• contrivance

  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

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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

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