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divergent Definition

di·ver·gent (-vʉrjənt)

adjective

  1. diverging
  2. varying from one another or from a norm; deviating; different
  3. causing divergence
  4. not convergent, as a mathematical sequence

Etymology: ML divergens, prp. of divergere

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divergent

modif.

diverging, deviating, conflicting, variant; see centrifugal, different 1, 2. See syn. study at different.

divergent Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • thinking: In some cases they are young people whose divergent thinking has led them into disruptive behavior.
  • viewpoint: And some websites are actually designed to accommodate divergent viewpoints.
  • opinion: A leader is expected to provide a way of rallying the divergent opinions together.
  • interpretation: Where they spent three days, we have spent three seasons, which perhaps accounts for our divergent interpretations.
  • evolution: There are some things that millions of years of divergent evolution can't mask.
  • view: Explore with the class the reasons why such divergent views of the same event may have arisen.

Modifying Another Word

  • wildly: The top three animals mirrored the global result, which surprisingly didn't demonstrate a wildly divergent set of choices depending on different cultures.
  • vastly: The vastly divergent views on the color white can lead to major flower issues.
  • radically: We have to therefore accept that our understanding of the meaning of an ideogram evolved by a radically divergent culture may be deficient.
  • widely: The Crane brothers ' writing styles are widely divergent.
  • apparently: To what degree do you feel these apparently divergent criteria to be in conflict?
  • increasingly: The thrust of the Welsh document means that Wales and England will have increasingly divergent systems in future.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The two are not mutually exclusive, but they do strike me as becoming increasingly divergent, and to regressive effect.

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