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DISCURSIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
Example:
a rambling speech about this and that
Synonyms:
digressive; discursive; excursive; rambling
Classified under:
Similar:
indirect (extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action)
Derivation:
discursiveness (the quality of being discursive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
Synonyms:
dianoetic; discursive
Classified under:
Similar:
logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Derivation:
discursiveness (the quality of being discursive)
