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creativity

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cre·a·tiv·i·ty /ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvəti/ ●●○ AWL noun [uncountable]  the ability to use your imagination to produce new ideas, make things etc 独创性,创造性,创造力 artistic creativity 艺术创造力 Teachers have been attacked for stifling creativity in their pupils. 教师被批评压抑了学生的创造力。 Editors complain about the lack of creativity in the ideas put to them. 编辑们抱怨说交给他们的选题缺乏创意。
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creativityIn this myth, entrepreneurial heroes personify freedom and creativity.His house, a rambling patchwork of add-ons and original rooms, is a museum of his disjointed creativity.Companies need to encourage creativity and innovation.There is clearly a fine line between stifling government intervention and encouraging creativity and innovation.Managing creativity has always been a complex issue.The missive points out that the Web is getting faster and easier to use, giving people more access to multimedia creativity.The story of the universe is a mythic drama of creativity, allurement, relation, and grace.It also blocks the creativity of black artistic imagination and practices of representation.
cre·a·tiv·i·ty nounChineseSyllable
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creativity
creativity AC /ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvəti, ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvɪti/ noun [uncountable]
 Word Family: noun: creation, creativity, creator, creativeness; verb: create, recreate; adverb: creatively; adjective: creativeUNCREATIVE
the ability to use your imagination to produce new ideas, make things etc:
    artistic creativity
    Teachers have been attacked for stifling creativity in their pupils.
    Editors complain about the lack of creativity in the ideas put to them.