new thinking

Novel mental approach

New thinking refers to fresh approaches or innovative ideas that challenge established assumptions.

The phrase often signals a deliberate break from conventional wisdom: The crisis demands new thinking about economic policy.

It can carry genuine intellectual weight or serve as a buzzword suggesting reform without specifying substance: The candidate promised new thinking on healthcare.

Related

reform · democratization · innovation · creativity · economic restructuring · transparency · anti-corruption · heterodoxy · bold vision · originality · open mind · progressivism · game changer · new approach · ideation · social change · policy shift · insight

Opposites
innovation vs. tradition

new thinkingtradition

Custom passed through generations

conventional wisdom · received wisdom · orthodoxy · ancestral wisdom · tried and true

intellectual dynamism vs. stagnation

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Inability to adapt mentally

closed-mindedness · dogma · orthodoxy · stuck in a rut · dogmatism

progressive vs. conservative orientation

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Adherence to inherited customs

conservatism · status quo · business as usual · same old same old · backward-looking

Family

thinking, think, thinks, thinker, thinkers, thought, thoughts, unthinking, rethink

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