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 child must himself be originative, directive, and executive in the learning process if cram is to be avoided completely.
From Dickens As an Educator by James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Whereas motion is a property of matter, intelligence is an originative power working out purposes of its own choosing.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
Behrens was one of those vividly clever energetic people who are the despair of originative men.
From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The freedom of will which he has is not really originative or creative power, but a capacity of voluntary correspondence with what is given him from beyond himself.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
