novelty

(nŏv'əl-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. The quality of being novel; newness.
2. Something new and unusual; an innovation.
3. A small mass-produced article, such as a toy or trinket.

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noun

1. The quality of being novel: freshness, innovativeness, newfangledness, newness, originality. See new/old.
2. A new and unusual thing: innovation. See new/old.
3. A small showy article: bauble, bibelot, gewgaw, gimcrack, knickknack, toy, trifle, trinket, whatnot. See thing.

n

Definition: originality
Antonyms: conservativism

Quotes:

"The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle." - Hannah Arendt

"The New is not a fashion, it is a value." - Roland Barthes

"An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it." - Robert Bresson

"I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them." - Dick Clark

"We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value -- a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity." - T. S. Eliot

"Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home." - Shelby Foote

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For a list of words related to novelty, see:

• Intuition and Imagination - novelty: innovation, fresh idea

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nyhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
nieuwigheid, nieuwtje

Français (French)
n. - nouveauté, attrait de la nouveauté, babiole

Deutsch (German)
n. - Neuheit, etwas Ungewöhnliches

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καινοτομία, νεωτερισμός, πρωτοτυπία

Italiano (Italian)
novità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - novidade (f), inovação (f)

Русский (Russian)
новинка, новизна

Español (Spanish)
n. - novedad, innovación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyhet, nymodighet, modernitet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
新颖, 新鲜, 新奇

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 新穎, 新鮮, 新奇

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신기함, 새로운 물건

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 新奇さ, 珍しいこと, 目先の変わった品, 斬新さ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חידוש, מקוריות, דבר לא רגיל, חפץ זול, מציאה, צעצוע או קישוט קטן בעיצוב חדש‬

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