creativeness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English creative

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English creativeness

From creative + -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹiˈeɪtɪvnəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹiˈeɪtɪvnəs/, /-ɾəv-/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: cre‧at‧ive‧ness

Noun

creativeness (usually uncountable, plural creativenesses)

1. The state of being creative; creativity.

Related terms

• creatify
• creative
• creatively
• creativity
• creativize

Anagrams

• reactiveness