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LATERAL THINKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lateral thinking mean?
• LATERAL THINKING (noun)
The noun LATERAL THINKING has 1 sense:
1. a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on
Familiarity information: LATERAL THINKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lateral thinking" is a kind of...):
heuristic; heuristic program; heuristic rule (a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem)
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