: Value self-denial and focus on helping others; they are the ruling faction.
In the context of Veronica Roth’s Divergent series , "divergent" refers to individuals who do not fit into a single faction but instead exhibit traits from multiple groups, making them a perceived threat to the established social order. Summary of the Faction System Divergrent
: The government seeks to hunt down and eliminate Divergents because their minds cannot be controlled by the simulations used to maintain order. : Value self-denial and focus on helping others;