inventivity

Noun

inventivity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being inventive.
   • But it does not seem quite evident that M. [Adolphe] Thiers is justified in taking to himself, or to his Administration, the sole merit of this situation. It is a consequence of the solidity and productive power of the country, rather than of any inventivity of his.1872 May, “The Situation in France”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CXI, number DCLXXIX, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 610, columns 1–2
   • The word “invention” is often used in a broader context than patent. Invention may refer to conceptual theories, ideas in the decorative arts, passages in literature, novel computing programs, and so on. Such inventions have costs associated with them, so the notion of inventivity might be...1992, John J[oseph] Gilman, “Preface”, in Inventivity: The Art and Science of Research Management, New York, N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page xi

   Synonyms:

   inventiveness