originative

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The originative intellectual worker is not a normal human being and does not lead nor desire to lead a normal human life.

From Time Magazine Archive

The will, therefore, as being more originative, has more to do with true or false judgments than the understanding.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

So far as man stands for anything, and is productive or originative at all, his entire vital function may be said to have to deal with maybes.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

And even these committees are less originative and more expressive of the general thought than they were at first.

From The World Set Free by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Such is the originative, prophetic character of Phæacia, which the reader must take profoundly into his soul, if he would understand the genetic history of Greek spirit.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques