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Originality means something different to everyone. Some people gave very interesting answers; some of the answers are very funny. I can see that many people had difficulties in giving definition of originality. I categorised all answers into 5 groups: uniqueness (unique, different, unusual, extraordinary, not a copy/standard), novelty (something never seen/done, new, fresh, first, innovative), individuality (being yourself, own style, personal, individual), normality and other (the beginning of something, real, no such a thing).
Here are the most often used words to define originality: |
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adverb |
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something
idea
someone
style
thing
person |
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think
being
be
has
been
done |
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original
normal
different
new
unique
your
same
first
yourself |
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10
9
9
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6
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before
never |
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Patricia, 9 |
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Originality I think it means when you are been your self and you are like the person you have always been. I think it means some think you have never seen. |
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Martin, 10 |
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Originality is someone has an idea and they didn't copy it off someone or is it wasn't inspired. |
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Hanan, 10 |
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Being original is being just yourself. Being normal that's all or something that no one has ever seen like - An ogre a swamp. |
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Shanice, 10 |
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Original is when you have never seen somethink before |
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Shadrack, 10 |
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I think originality means when something is special and new. |
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Jade,19 |
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Having new/ fresh ideas |
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Arthur, 20 |
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Something that's not been done |
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Andy, 20 |
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Fresh ideas |
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Lily, 20 |
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Sourcing new ideas |
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Anna, 20 |
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Something innovative? Unique, or personal? |
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Natman, 21 |
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Coming up with on idea or design that's unique, hasn't been done before. |
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Krina, 21 |
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New, unique, different. |
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Kristina, 21 |
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Something unusual? Innovative, one step forward |
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Alan, 27 |
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Different. New. Another way of looking at the same situation. |
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Marta, 32 |
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Creativity, imagination, do not follow all the rules. |
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Gerald, 43 |
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Being unlike anything before. |
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Geremy, 44 |
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Make something fresh out of nothing or something. |
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Helga, 45 |
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The source, the first. |
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John, 47 |
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Something nobody else has thought of. |
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Philip, 48 |
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That which hasn't been done before. |
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Mel, 61 |
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This is a spark of creativity that has not been or perceived before now! |
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T Mardell, 61 |
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Not done before. |
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Bina, 62 |
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Something new. |
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Des, 63 |
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Originality is something which has never been done before. |
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Jessie, 73 |
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Something new. |
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Renee, 78 |
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First off |
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Nalley, 86 |
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Something no one else has thought of. |
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Paul, 86 |
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Something new. |
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Bararbe, 90 |
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first |