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

But Rome, while she lent her imperial quality of grandeur to the genius of her aliens, was in no sense originative.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

The creative power often confers no clearness of vision on its possessor; the best critics are seldom originative men.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

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