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Noun: divergent thinking
  1. 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
    - out-of-the-box thinking

Type of: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process

Antonym: convergent thinking

Part of: creative thinking, creativeness, creativity

Encyclopedia: Divergent thinking

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