单词 | derivativeness |
释义 | derivativenessn. rare. The state or quality of being derivative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation > quality of being derivable derivativeness1668 deducibilitya1846 derivability1865 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > want of originality unoriginality1770 second-handedness1905 derivativeness1927 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > remodelled > condition of being derivative derivativeness1927 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. i. §4. 35 Transcendental Relations of Quality at large..Derivativeness. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. 1927 M. Sadleir Trollope: Comm. 374 Undoubtedly The Three Clerks was derivative..and to the fact of its derivativeness may be attributed its popularity. 1967 Listener 26 Jan. 129/1 The author himself made this derivativeness perfectly clear: ‘I am struggling to think other people's thoughts after them.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1668 |
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