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
   "Brainstorming sessions encourage divergent thinking to generate innovative solutions";
   - out-of-the-box thinking

Type of: cerebration, intellection, mentation [technical], thinking, thought, thought process

Antonym: convergent thinking

Part of: creative thinking, creativeness, creativity

Encyclopedia: Divergent thinking