Thought-provoking

//ˈθɔːtpɹəvəʊkɪŋ// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Interesting in a way that challenges one's beliefs, attitudes, or perspective.

    "Of course, many other thought-provoking questions are possible. When using this approach, one would preplan an ending “why” question or questions. It could be some of the ones that follow or others that might be more thought-provoking or age appropriate for a particular group of children."

Adjective
  1. 1
    stimulating interest or thought wordnet

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challengingexcitingexpressiveintellectualinterestinginviting

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"The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking."

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