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| ingenious |
having or showing cleverness or creativity, esp. in designing or in solving problems. [1/2 definitions] |
| ingenuity |
the quality or an instance of being ingenious; cleverness; creativity. [2 definitions] |
| manufacture |
to create or produce by, or as if by, machine, without creativity or inspiration. [1/7 definitions] |
| noncreativity |
combined form of creativity. |
| poet |
a person of exceptional imagination, creativity, and eloquence, esp. in the use of language. [1/2 definitions] |
| Romantic Movement |
an artistic and intellectual movement, arising in Europe in the late eighteenth century in rebellion against classicism, in which freedom and creativity, individual feeling, mood, mystery, and regard for untamed nature were stressed. |
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