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   inspiration

   /ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative: "Helen had one of her flashes of inspiration" Similar creativityinventivenessinnovationinnovativenessingenuityimaginationimaginativenessoriginalityindividualityartistryexpressivenesscreative powercreative talentcreative skillgeniusinsightvisionwitfinesseflairbrilliancesophistication
   • ▪ the quality of being inspired: "a rare moment of inspiration in an otherwise dull display"
   • ▪ a person or thing that inspires: "he is an inspiration to everyone" Similar stimulusstimulationmotivationmotivating forcefillipencouragementinfluencemusegoadspurliftboostincentiveincitementimpulsecatalystexamplemodelguiding lightinformal:shot in the arminsporare:afflatus
   • ▪ a sudden brilliant or timely idea: "then I had an inspiration" Similar bright ideabrilliant ideatimely thoughtrevelationinformal:brainwaveaha momentbrainstorm
   • ▪ divine influence, especially that supposed to have led to the writing of the Bible.
   • 2. the drawing in of breath; inhalation: "crackling sounds are heard in the stethoscope on inspiration" Similar inhalationbreathing indrawing in of breathrespirationbreathing
   • ▪ an act of breathing in; an inhalation.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘divine guidance’): via Old French from late Latin inspiratio(n-), from the verb inspirare (see inspire).

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