idea-blending
nounUK /aɪˈdɪə ˈblɛndɪŋ/
US /aɪˈdiːə ˈblɛndɪŋ/
Mixing two ideas together to make a new one.
Idea-blending helped the team invent a bike that folds into a backpack.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A creative technique where people join parts of different ideas to solve a problem.
The workshop used idea-blending to design a new kind of playground.
3. The way the mind connects two familiar thoughts into something fresh.
Her story was an idea-blending of a fairy tale and a space adventure.
4. Combining features from two products to create a new invention.
The phone case with a built-in wallet came from idea-blending.