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[ adjective ] having the ability or power to create

Synonyms

originative

Examples

"a creative imagination"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

It is to this same tradition that most_of the creative figures in the last century and a half of American theology also belong .

Finally , we may also mention the several members of the self-consciously `` neoliberal '' movement that developed at the University_of_Chicago and is heavily indebted philosophically to the creative work of Alfred_North_Whitehead .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

But it is characteristic of him , we are told , `` his little artifice '' , to be able to introduce `` into a fairly vulgar and humorous piece of hackwork a sudden phrase of genuine creative art '' .

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

This is the stage at which democratic developments must take_place if the society is to become an open community of creative people .

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

There was only one way to accomplish this : by design , by drawing diagrams and sketches in which he probed the remotest corner of his mind for creative ideas to carry his concept .

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[ adjective ] promoting construction or creation

Examples

"creative work"

Used in print

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

As a creative enterprise , its abilities are primarily in `` swallowing '' creative enterprises developed outside its own organization ( an ability made possible by us , and almost mandatory ) .

As a creative enterprise , its abilities are primarily in `` swallowing '' creative enterprises developed outside its own organization ( an ability made possible by us , and almost mandatory ) .

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

Henrietta was discovering in the process of writing , as the born writer does , not merely a channel for the discharge of accumulated information but a stimulus to the development of the creative powers of observation , insight and intuition .

Related terms

constructive

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[ adjective ] having the power to bring into being

Synonyms

originative

Related terms

generative

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