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DIVERGENT THINKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity
Synonyms:
divergent thinking; out-of-the-box thinking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("divergent thinking" is a kind of...):
cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)
Holonyms ("divergent thinking" is a part of...):
creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)
Antonym:
convergent thinking (thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution))
