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creation

noun
/kɹiˈeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin creātiō, creātiōnis; equivalent to create + -ion. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft.

  1. derived from creātiō
  2. derived from creacion
  3. inherited from creacion

Definitions

  1. Something created such as an invention or artwork.

    • I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!

  2. The act of creating something.

    • The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.
    • the creation of passwords is done by a computer.

  3. All which exists.

    • Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.

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Derived

autocreation, cocreation, co-creation, collaborative creation, creational, creationary, creationism, creationist, creationless, creation myth, creation science, creation scientist, creation story, decreation, iration, loan creation, miscreation, noncreation, recreation, re-creation, special creation, subcreation, transcreation, uncreation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at creation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at creation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at creation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA