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CONVERGENT THINKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("convergent thinking" is a kind of...):
cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)
Holonyms ("convergent thinking" is a part of...):
problem solving (the thought processes involved in solving a problem)
Antonym:
divergent 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)
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