Invention is the

A. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.
B. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
C. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
D. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.


A. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.

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