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UNORIGINALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being unoriginal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unoriginality" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unoriginality"):
orthodoxy (the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion))
Antonym:
originality (the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else))
Derivation:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Uncreativeness due to a lack of originality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("unoriginality" is a kind of...):
uncreativeness (a lack of creativity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unoriginality"):
staleness; triteness (unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed)
conventionality (unoriginality as a result of being too conventional)
Derivation:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
