lateral thinking

English

Etymology

Term coined by Edward de Bono in 1967.

Noun

lateral thinking (uncountable)

1. Using reasoned thought in a non-standard, or non-linear logical, way to find a solution to a problem.

Related terms

• think outside the box

Translations

lateral thinking

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橫向思維, 横向思维 (héngxiàng sīwéi), 水平思考 (shuǐpíng sīkǎo)

• Finnish: lateraalinen ajattelu
• French: pensée latérale f
• German: Querdenken n

• Japanese: 水平思考 (すいへいしこう, suihei shikō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: pensamento lateral m
• Spanish: pensamiento lateral m
• Swedish: lateralt tänkande

Further reading

• lateral thinking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia