Anticreative

/ˌæn.ti.kriˈeɪ.tɪv/ adjective

Definition

Opposed to or inhibiting creativity, originality, and innovative thinking.

Etymology

From anti- (against) + creative (from create, from Latin creare, to make, + -ive, adjective suffix). This term gained currency in 20th-century education and psychology when creativity became recognized as a measurable and valuable trait.

Kelly Says

Rigid school systems and bureaucracies are often criticized as anticreative—but it's fascinating that creativity itself often needs constraints to flourish; unlimited freedom without structure can actually be less creative than working within clever limitations.

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