Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun origination

2 senses of origination

Sense 1
origin, origination, inception -- (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)
       => beginning -- (the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war")

Sense 2
initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration -- (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society")
       => beginning, start, commencement -- (the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations")