origination

DEFINITIONS OF: origination

Synonyms:: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction

Types:: authorship, paternity
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; germination
the origin of some development; cause
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; overture, preliminary, prelude
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; emanation, procession, rise
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; antecedent
a preceding occurrence or cause or event; aetiology, etiology
the cause of a disease; factor
anything that contributes causally to a result; producer
something that produces; mutagenesis
an event capable of causing a mutation

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