divergent
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6.5
- adjective
- /dɪˈvɜrdʒənt/
- The world remains a dangerous and capricious place with widely divergent ideological and cultural views.
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Watch on YouTubeI don't see those two things as being like divergent from each other.
- I don't see those two things as being like divergent from each other.
- And I believe that I believed at the time that I've been exposed to divergent viewpoints.
- In any case, what they found was an enhancement of creative that is divergent and convergent thinking.
- These two different divergent pathways of cell growth and cell breakdown and repair.
- In fact, we're about as divergent as, as you could be as a, as an individual.
- So then the, the advancement skill becomes divergent from the ultimate skill that it was proxying for.
- I think that those divergent roles really show us that in Reese's mind, there is no other.
- The men were as most divergent from them genetically, just in the genes of the immune system.
- We may also find ourselves exposed to divergent views on campus and even views we find personally abhorrent.
- And can you take divergent ideas that no one's ever seen before and just continue to reformulate them?
- But whoo, I don't see how you unwind these increasingly divergent narratives of left and right without real suffering.
- Well, it is of divergent, convergent and parallel times.
- We think life is constantly leading us on this wild goose chase divergent thing.
- First one, Lex Friedman was at some party, neuro divergent degenerates at Michael Malice's house.
- He had a very open and profound appreciation for the the wild, divergent and diversity of human experience.
- And so to me, it seemed very possible at least that that there was a divergent point and maybe this could be it.
Examples
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The incoming House party cohorts will be representing the most divergent sets of districts in at least 60 years.
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As time went on, their goals became more divergent, leading them to pursue separate careers.
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So why they should have divergent effects on people is an interesting question.
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We all became interested in this type of study from similar yet divergent pathways.
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We can then analyze the costs and benefits of divergent responses.
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The member states' divergent goals were evident in their early commitments.
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Views expressed were examined for repeating evidence as well as divergent information.
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The boundaries mark differences in knowledge and capabilities, as well as divergent views of morality, sexuality, and gender roles.
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In a debate, the candidates presented divergent opinions on how to solve the economic crisis.
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The two species of birds have developed divergent traits due to their different habitats.
Synonyms
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5.4
Moving apart and becoming different from each other
Antonyms
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6.1
Things that come together from different directions toward the same goal, like paths and ideas
Compounds
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A way of thinking that comes up with many different ideas to solve a problem
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Etymology
The word divergent comes from the Latin divergere, which means 'to turn apart' and shares the same 'turn' idea you see in reverse. So something divergent is like two roads that 'turn away' from each other and move in different directions.