discursive

[ dih-skur-siv ]

/ dɪˈskɜr sɪv /

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adjective

passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.

proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition.

Origin of discursive

From the Medieval Latin word discursīvus, dating back to 1590–1600. See discourse, -ive

SYNONYMS FOR discursive

1 wandering, long-winded, prolix.

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OTHER WORDS FROM discursive

dis·cur·sive·ly, adverbdis·cur·sive·ness, nounnon·dis·cur·sive, adjectivenon·dis·cur·sive·ly, adverb

non·dis·cur·sive·ness, noun

Words nearby discursive

discriminative, discriminator, discriminatory, discrown, discursion, discursive, discus, discuss, discussant, discussion, discutient

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Example sentences from the Web for discursive

Otherwise it would become so discursive that one could not possibly follow it.
Music: An Art and a Language|Walter Raymond Spalding
He was interesting and inconclusive, and the original papers to which he referred her discursive were at best only suggestive.
Ann Veronica|H. G. Wells
The truth of things—God—everywhere eludes our sense and our reason, our discursive intelligence.
Giordano Bruno|James Lewis McIntyre
If then discursive reason develop the image of Socrates, then it divides what imagination has furnished.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)

With one such illustration we conclude this discursive fragment.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451|Various

British Dictionary definitions for discursive

discursive

/ (dɪˈskɜːsɪv) /

adjective

passing from one topic to another, usually in an unmethodical way; digressive

philosophy of or relating to knowledge obtained by reason and argument rather than intuitionCompare dianoetic

Derived forms of discursive

discursively, adverbdiscursiveness, noun

Word Origin for discursive

C16: from Medieval Latin discursīvus, from Late Latin discursus discourse

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单词	discursive
释义	discursive [ dih-skur-siv ] / dɪˈskɜr sɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR discursive ON THESAURUS.COM adjective passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling. proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition. Origin of discursive From the Medieval Latin word discursīvus, dating back to 1590–1600. See discourse, -ive SYNONYMS FOR discursive 1 wandering, long-winded, prolix. SEE SYNONYMS FOR discursive ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM discursive dis·cur·sive·ly, adverbdis·cur·sive·ness, nounnon·dis·cur·sive, adjectivenon·dis·cur·sive·ly, adverb non·dis·cur·sive·ness, noun Words nearby discursive discriminative, discriminator, discriminatory, discrown, discursion, discursive, discus, discuss, discussant, discussion, discutient Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for discursive Otherwise it would become so discursive that one could not possibly follow it. Music: An Art and a Language\|Walter Raymond Spalding He was interesting and inconclusive, and the original papers to which he referred her discursive were at best only suggestive. Ann Veronica\|H. G. Wells The truth of things—God—everywhere eludes our sense and our reason, our discursive intelligence. Giordano Bruno\|James Lewis McIntyre If then discursive reason develop the image of Socrates, then it divides what imagination has furnished. Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4\|Plotinos (Plotinus) With one such illustration we conclude this discursive fragment. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451\|Various British Dictionary definitions for discursive discursive / (dɪˈskɜːsɪv) / adjective passing from one topic to another, usually in an unmethodical way; digressive philosophy of or relating to knowledge obtained by reason and argument rather than intuitionCompare dianoetic Derived forms of discursive discursively, adverbdiscursiveness, noun Word Origin for discursive C16: from Medieval Latin discursīvus, from Late Latin discursus discourse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to discursive deviating, digressive, erratic, excursive, long-winded, meandering, prolix, roaming, roving, spreading, wandering
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discursive

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adjective

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