discourse
noun /ˈdɪskɔːs/
/ˈdɪskɔːrs/
- discourse on something a discourse on issues of gender and sexuality
- He was hoping for some lively political discourse at the meeting.
- spoken/written discourse
- discourse analysis
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the process of reasoning): from Old French discours, from Latin discursus ‘running to and fro’ (in medieval Latin: ‘argument’), from the verb discurrere, from dis- ‘away’ + currere ‘to run’; the verb influenced by French discourir.