| NOUN | cognition | divergent thinking, 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 |
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| 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. | |
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| Synonym | out-of-the-box thinking | |
| Part of | creativity, creativeness, creative thinking | The ability to create |
| Broader | thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation | The process of using your mind to consider something carefully |
| Opposite | convergent thinking | Thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution) |
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