mind map en · NOUN
Etymology
Popularized by English author and educational consultant Tony Buzan in the 1970s.
Meanings
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A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.
Mind maps have all the seductiveness of popular science. When we have mastered them, we feel as if we are in possession of a precious secret known only to the select few million who have purchased a book by their progenitor, Tony Buzan. And they come with some grand claims: mind maps "help make your life easier and more successful", says Buzan in How to Mind Map.
2006 April 18, Philip Beadle, “Mind maps: rubbish in theory, but handy in practice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
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| mind-map | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mind maps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
fr carte heuristique (diagram) · sv mindmap (diagram) · cs myšlenková mapa (diagram) · de Mindmap (diagram) · pt mapa mental (diagram) · pl mapa myśli (diagram) · sv tankekarta (diagram) · fi käsitekartta (diagram) · cmn 思维导图 (diagram)