originality
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The film can hardly avoid being described as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” meets “Enemy of the State,” and that such comparisons are so obvious bespeaks a certain lack of originality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Fartousi also worries that even after repairs, damaged heritage sites may never recover their original character, noting the entire idea of cultural heritage rests on "the concept of originality".
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
They blame Hybe and BTS for chasing a lucrative Western market at the expense of originality.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
“Kim’s Convenience” may not win points for originality, but originality isn’t really the point of an immigrant family drama meant to be instantly, one might say universally, recognizable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Without tradition—the word means “that which has been handed down to us”—no originality would be possible.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
