Antonyms for creations
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kree-ey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : kriˈeɪ ʃən |
Definition of creations
Origin :- late 14c., "action of creating, a created thing," from Old French creacion (14c., Modern French création) "creation, coming into being," from Latin creationem (nominative creatio) "a creating, a producing," in classical use "an electing, appointment, choice," noun of action from past participle stem of creare (see create). Meaning "that which God has created, the world and all in it" is from 1610s. The native word in the Biblical sense was Old English frum-sceaft. Of fashion costumes, desserts, etc., from 1870s, from French. Creation science is attested by 1970.
- noun development of entity
- noun all living things
- noun invention, concoction
- It was at that period you told me all that nonsense about your fondness for your creations.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- The imitative artist will be in a brilliant state of intelligence about his own creations?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- She asked Jed questions concerning the "whale fish" and others of his creations.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- These are the creations of the note-book, but it has given them no permanence.
- Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
- Of all the creations of man she is the closest partner of his toil and courage.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- We found here everything so different from the creations of our fancy.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
- Are not these—all of them—your work, the creations of your fancy?
- Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
- This is one of his creations, the most ingenious, though a failure.
- Extract from : « The Infernal Marriage » by Benjamin Disraeli
- The folkways, therefore, are not creations of human purpose and wit.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- Feel as they do, and you must create as they do, or at least appreciate their creations.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Synonyms for creations
- achievement
- brainchild
- chef-d'oeuvre
- concept
- conception
- constitution
- cosmos
- establishment
- formation
- formulation
- foundation
- generation
- genesis
- handiwork
- imagination
- inception
- institution
- laying down
- life
- living world
- macrocosm
- macrocosmos
- magnum opus
- making
- megacosm
- nascency
- nativity
- nature
- opus
- origination
- piece
- pièce de résistance
- procreation
- production
- setting up
- siring
- totality
- universe
- work
- work of genius
- world
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