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noun
The ability to create or reproduce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The ability to transcend personal interests to provide care and concern for younger and older generations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: developmental psychology
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History
From generative + -ity. In the psychology sense coined by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson in 1950.
