noun
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
• Syn: ↑divergent thinking
• Ant: ↑convergent thinking (for: ↑divergent thinking)
• Hypernyms: ↑thinking, ↑thought, ↑thought process, ↑cerebration, ↑intellection, ↑mentation
• Part Holonyms: ↑creativity, ↑creativeness, ↑creative thinking
Useful english dictionary. 2012.