Definition of "generativity" [generativity]

• Relating to the ability to create or reproduce (noun)

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• "The sun-figure's generativity is crucial to the integrity or wholeness of meaning."
• "The study determined stress-related growth based on "generativity" - the point, usually during mid-life, where a person stops focusing on themselves and begins working to improve future generations and society as a whole."
• "Behind dignity therapy is the idea of "generativity," which the study defined as the ability to guide the next generation, and how patients may be comforted knowing they are creating something that will last beyond their death."