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noun
The property of lacking originality, repetitiveness, triteness, banality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being unoriginal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: originality
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: orthodoxy
noun
uncreativeness due to a lack of originality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: uncreativeness
Narrower terms: triteness, staleness, conventionality
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English originality English unoriginality From un- + originality.
