LATERAL THINKING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on

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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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