divergent thinker
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- noun
- /dɪˈvɜrdʒənt ˈθɪŋkər/
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pensador divergente
- As a divergent thinker, she approaches challenges by thinking outside the box.
- divergent thinkers tend
Examples
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Divergent thinkers like to follow the novelty of an idea and see where it leads.
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Developing more awareness of what social conformity requires allows divergent thinkers some choice about when to try to be like others and when to show their uniqueness.
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Performance and behavior at home and school are often problems for divergent thinkers.
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Divergent thinkers need to find the support of some people with whom they share a dream.
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Divergent thinkers also have to deal with being different without understanding why.
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Divergent thinkers need some help in learning to understand social convention.
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Many children who are divergent thinkers appear to be disorganized and absent-minded, particularly in school.
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It is their lack of conformity that makes it so difficult for divergent thinkers to fit in socially.
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The goal of caring adults is to help divergent thinkers find validation for the creative self, to develop this unique self, and to learn to deal with living in a less than appreciative, sometimes hostile world.
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Divergent thinkers often come up with original solutions that others may not consider.
Synonyms
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A person who creates new ideas or ways of doing things
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A person who has new ideas and finds new ways to solve problems
Antonyms
How Original
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- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'divergent' (deviating/differing) modifies 'thinker' (a person who thinks) to yield someone whose thinking departs from the norm or follows unconventional directions. This descriptive, non-idiomatic combination follows regular lexical modification patterns and would be inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The term divergent thinker comes from the image of divergent meaning going different ways and thinker meaning someone who thinks, like branches on a tree or roads that split into 'many directions'. So, a divergent thinker is someone who tries 'many different ideas' and finds new or unusual solutions.