In a world where the population is divided into factions by personality types, Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is classified as Divergent. When she uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate all Divergents, she teams with the mysterious Four (Theo James) to find out what makes the powers-that-be so frightened of them..

zendik in British English (ˈzɛndɪk) noun Islam. an unbeliever or atheist; heretic. a person who practises heretical magic.

1a : moving or extending in different directions from a common point : diverging from each other divergent paths — see also divergent evolution. b : differing from each other or from a standard the divergent interests of capital and labor.

different or becoming different from something else: They hold widely divergent opinions on controversial issues like abortion.

Growing further apart; diverging. Describing a series which does not converge, i.e., approach a limit.

In mathematics, a divergent series is an infinite series that is not convergent, meaning that the infinite sequence of the partial sums of the series does not have a finite limit. …

n. the rotation of the two eyes outward when shifting fixation from a nearby target object to one that is far away.

Divergent things are different from each other. [formal] two people who have divergent views on this question.

Frequently Asked Questions About divergent Some common synonyms of divergent are different, disparate, diverse, and various. While all these words mean “unlike in kind or character,” divergent implies movement away from each other and unlikelihood of ultimate meeting or reconciliation.

In the book Divergent, Tris joins a faction that valued bravery and fearlessness – Dauntless. As part of the second stage of her training she is forced to go into her subconscious and face her darkest fears. In the book, one of her fears is a fear of intimacy.

Fear was a driving force—fear of reprimands from the leadership or others in the group, fear of humiliation or banishment, fear of life away from “the tribe.” The Zendiks helped pioneer groundbreaking experiments in the “relationship revolution,” including polyamory and non-possessiveness, and in open and honest talk about sex.

Helen came to Zendik at the age of 22 via the Communities Directory (pored over in her Harvard dorm room), inspired by its promise of reconnection to the body, to physical work, to earth, to community, to authenticity. It offered a sense of revolutionary belonging—a vibrant alternative to the soul-destroying “Deathculture” of modern America.

Helen arrived soon after the death of patriarch Wulf Zendik; Wulf’s widow Arol and their daughter Swan were clearly “running the show,” as they apparently had been for a while.

Leaders blamed a kitchen-dining room fire on a rise of “square relationships”—romantic pairings that threatened the “Zendik first” philosophy. One’s deepest intimacy must be with the whole group, not with an individual; the fire had been cosmic punishment for a lapse in that awareness.