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    INGENIOUSNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The property of being ingeniousplay

    Example:

    the cleverness of its design

    Synonyms:

    cleverness; ingeniousness; ingenuity

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("ingeniousness" is a kind of...):

    high quality; superiority (the quality of being superior)

    Derivation:

    ingenious (showing inventiveness and skill)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The power of creative imaginationplay

    Synonyms:

    cleverness; ingeniousness; ingenuity; inventiveness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("ingeniousness" is a kind of...):

    creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ingeniousness"):

    imagination; resource; resourcefulness (the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems)

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