CONVERGENT THINKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convergent thinking mean? 

• CONVERGENT THINKING (noun)
  The noun CONVERGENT THINKING has 1 sense:

1. thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution)

  Familiarity information: CONVERGENT THINKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVERGENT THINKING (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)