divergent thinking

Noun divergent thinking has 1 sense

• divergent thinking(n = noun.cognition) out-of-the-box thinking - 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;
is a part of creative thinking, creativeness, creativity
is a kind of cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process
Antonym: convergent thinking