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originality

 noun
     
o‧rig‧i‧nal‧i‧ty [uncountable]
when something is completely new and different from anything that anyone has thought of before
originality of
I was impressed by the originality of the plan.
Her earlier work shows a lot of originality.
A lot of his designs lack originality.
a young writer of great originality
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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