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UNORIGINALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unoriginality mean? 

UNORIGINALITY (noun)
  The noun UNORIGINALITY has 2 senses:

1. uncreativeness due to a lack of originalityplay

2. the quality of being unoriginalplay

  Familiarity information: UNORIGINALITY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNORIGINALITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Uncreativeness due to a lack of originality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("unoriginality" is a kind of...):

uncreativeness (a lack of creativity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unoriginality"):

staleness; triteness (unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed)

conventionality (unoriginality as a result of being too conventional)

Derivation:

unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being unoriginal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unoriginality" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unoriginality"):

orthodoxy (the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion))

Antonym:

originality (the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else))

Derivation:

unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)


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