創そう始し者しゃ

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Meanings

Refers to the person who first started an organization, movement, field, or system. Often used in formal or historical contexts.

彼かれはこの会かい社しゃの創そう始し者しゃです。
He is the founder of this company.
その理り論ろんの創そう始し者しゃは誰だれですか。
Who is the originator of that theory?

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Kanji

創genesis, wound, injury
始commence, begin
者someone, person

Related words· 6

祖そ
創始者 is a straightforward modern noun for the founder of an organization or practice, while 祖 carries a more compact, historical or honorific tone.
生うみの親おや
創始者 is a formal noun for the founder of an organization or movement, while 生みの親 is a more figurative, warmer expression for the same idea.
元がん祖そ
創始者 is a formal, often organizational term for 'founder' (e.g. of a company or school of thought), while 元祖 carries a more traditional or commercial nuance, as in claims about the 'original' shop or dish.
教きょう祖そ
教祖 is limited to religious founders, while 創始者 is a general term for the founder of any organization or movement, secular or religious.

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宗しゅう祖そ
創始者 is a general word for the founder of any organization, movement, or method, whereas 宗祖 is restricted to the founder of a religious denomination.
草くさ分わけ
創始者 focuses narrowly on being the founder of an organization or system, while 草分け can also mean simply the first person active in a field.

Word family

創そう始し者しゃ効こう果か
founder effect

Built from

創そう始し+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 創始 (sōshi, 'founding, origination') + 者 (sha, 'person'). The word 創始 itself is a Sino-Japanese compound of 創 (sō, 'create, originate') and 始 (shi, 'begin').