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/ˌɪnəvˈeɪʃən/ /ˌɪnoʊvˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Innovation n.

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, commercial products, etc.

A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. "The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and lack of experience maketh apt unto innovations."

(Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

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Etymology of 'Innovation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Innovation" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the expression Sabbath-day, as it is commonly used by Presbyterians and others. He said, quite justly, that it was an inaccurate modern innovation, that Sabbath was Saturday, the Seventh day of the week, not the first, a Jewish festival and not a Christian commemoration. Yet his exaggerated view with regard to the observance of the First Day, namely, that it must be exclusively occupied with public and private exercises ...

— Father and Son • Edmund Gosse

... extent Manet and Degas have revolutionised the art of illustration, in freeing the painters from obsolete laws and guiding them toward truth and frank psychological study. Legrand is full of them without resembling them. We must not forget that besides the technical innovation [division of tones, study of complementary colours] impressionism has brought us novelty of composition, realism of character, and great liberty in the choice of subjects. From this point of view Rops himself, in spite of his symbolist tendencies, could not be classed with any other ...

— Promenades of an Impressionist • James Huneker

... been usual, but this time he finished four hundred bears together with an equal number of beasts from Libya. The boys of noble birth performed "Troy" on horseback, and six horses drew the triumphal car on which he was borne. This was an innovation. ...

— Dio's Rome, Vol. 4 • Cassius Dio

... as well as all originality of sentiment and genius; and I am bold enough to tell you Count, that even in your country, this literary orthodoxy, if I may so express myself, which is opposed to every innovation, will in time render your literature extremely barren. Genius is essentially creative; it bears the character of the individual that possesses it. Nature, who has not formed two leaves alike, has infused a still ...

— Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) - Or Italy • Mme de Stael

... fancy with ideal webs Of innovation, but our life meanwhile Is in the loom, where busy passion plies The shuttle to and fro, and gives ...

— Daniel Deronda • George Eliot

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