Generativity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Generativity is a noun meaning The ability to create or reproduce.
Meaning
The ability to create or reproduce.
More Meanings
- (developmental psychology) The ability to transcend personal interests to provide care and concern for younger and older generations.
Example Sentences
Generativity is a broad property of systems that denotes the capacity of agents within them to connect to others and produce unanticipated outcomes and change.
Most broadly, Erikson (1975) considers generativity to mean any caring activity that contributes to the spirit of future generations, such as the generation of new or more mature persons, products, ideas, or works of art.
Word Forms
- generativities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fecundity, generability, generatability, regenerability, ingenerability, generable.
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