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Noun Concept
Categories: Thought, Problem solving skills, Imagination, Reasoning, Inductive reasoning
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lateral thinking  Lateral logic  Lateral power  Lateral thinker  Lateral thought
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A heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on WordNet 3.0
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A heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious. Wikipedia
The solution of problems through an indirect and creative approach Wikipedia Disambiguation
Manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious or attainable using only traditional step-by-step logic Wikidata
Using reasoned thought in a non-standard, or non-linear logical, way to find a solution to a problem. Wiktionary
Lateral thinking. Wiktionary (translation)
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heuristic
problem solving
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Lateral logic, Lateral power, Lateral thinker, Lateral Thinking, Lateral thought

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