act of creation

collocation in English

meaningsofactandcreation

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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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creation
noun[C or U]
uk
/kriˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/kriˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of creating something, or the thing that ...
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(Definition ofactandcreationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofact of creation

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It is anactofcreation; it must not serve as a crafty instrument for the domination of one man by another.
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As this work reflected the divineactofcreation, purification ceremonies were considered a crucial preface.
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Notation erects a barrier between singers and listeners, for composition appropriates theactofcreationto itself, confines it to another time and place.
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This objection assumes that the act of conservation, like theactofcreation, is simultaneous with its effect.
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Most traditional accounts of a divineactofcreation, however, are not of the chance or accidental sort.
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Thisactofcreationis the entire content of condescension.
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The reformers wanted a new theatre in which the actors were artists who, in each new production, accomplished anactofcreationfrom zero, starting anew.
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It certainly seems possible for a customary norm to provide a protected (or preemptive) reason for action, despite its not being the product of any deliberateactofcreation.
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Plath's collage has a more serious rhetoric, even if its making might only be the product of a more diversionary afternoon'sactofcreationand contains its own ridiculous juxtapositions.
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There has been no great watershed and no singleactofcreation.
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Indulging in theactofcreationmatters very much indeed.
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In theactofcreation, he brings his skills and abilities to bear and his name is used, all to enhance the sales and revenues for the proprietor.
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It was better in his view to begin composing right away and learn through thatactofcreation.
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He further postulates that theactofcreationmight involve a temporary state of schizophrenia.
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It's easy to attack and destroy anactofcreation.
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It is also a call to action; anactofcreation.
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It is believed to represent the artistic soul in theactofcreation.
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Creation myths may explain that the beginnings of the universe were a deliberateactofcreationby a supreme being.
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First and foremost, in theactofcreation, there is no price, no trade, no competition.
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