lateral thinking
латеральное мышление
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The use of reasoned thought in a nonstandard, or nonlinear logical way to find a…The use of reasoned thought in a nonstandard, or nonlinear logical way to find a solution to a problem.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The use of reasoned thought in a nonstandard, or nonlinear logical way to find a solution to a problem.
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латеральное мышлениеlateralʹnoje myšlenije
More definitions
- a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on
Translations
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Origin
Coined by Edward de Bono in 1967.Coined by Edward de Bono in 1967.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelateddivergent thinking
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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