EXCURSUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A message that departs from the main subject

Synonyms:

aside; digression; divagation; excursus; parenthesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("excursus" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

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