How to say "creativity" in Japanese

• 創造力そうぞうりょくCommon
  nounThe common word for creativity as a capacity: the power to create, to come up with ideas and make new things. Choose this when you mean creative ability in general.
  テレビは創造力そうぞうりょくを鈍にぶらせる力ちからがある。↗

  Television can dull our creative power.
• クリエイティビティ
  nounThe borrowed English word for creativity, covering the same general sense. Because it is less common, it can come across as jargon; in most contexts 創造力 is the word you want.
• 創造性そうぞうせい
  nounFrames creativity as an abstract quality or characteristic — the creative nature of a person, work, or organization — rather than as a power to exercise. It overlaps with 創造力 but is less common.
  その影響力えいきょうりょくは日毎ひごとにますます大おおきくなっているが、しかし創造性そうぞうせいがあるわけではなく、また、価値かちの判断はんだんもできない。↗

  Their influence becomes greater every day, but they are uncreative and can't make value judgements.
• 独創性どくそうせい
  nounCreativity in the sense of originality — the quality of producing things no one else would. It is really 'originality' or 'ingenuity'; use it when originality, not creative power in general, is the point.
  ノスタルジックな感かんじがたまらなく好すきな人ひともいるし、独創性どくそうせいを愛あいする人ひともいる。↗

  There are people who go mad for the nostalgic feel and also those who love originality.

Use 創造力 for creativity as a general ability; 創造性 for the abstract quality; 独創性 when originality or ingenuity is meant; 「クリエイティビティ」 is a less common loanword alternative.

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• 創造力そうぞうりょくcreative power
• クリエイティビティcreativity
• 創造性そうぞうせいcreativity
• 独創性どくそうせいcreativity