Mental Process
creativity Audio
cre·a·tiv·i·ty [ kree-ey-tiv-i-tee, kree-uh- ]
Subclass of:
Thinking, function; Personality
Definitions related to creativity:
  • Ability to produce original and unusual ideas, or to make something new or imaginative; the ability to use the imagination to develop new and original ideas or things.
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    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The ability to generate new ideas or images.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Creativity, the ability to make or otherwise bring into existence something new, whether a new solution to a problem, a new method or device, or a new artistic object or form. A number of personality characteristics have been shown to be associated with creative productivity. One of these is...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
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