discursive

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Middle French discursif, formed from the stem of Latin discursus and the suffix -if, and in part borrowed from Medieval Latin discursivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

Adjective

discursive (comparative more discursive, superlative most discursive)

1. (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:

     This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.

2. (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

Derived terms

• counterdiscursive

Related terms

• discourse

Translations

tending to digress from the main point; rambling

• Bulgarian: безсистемен (bg) (bezsistemen), несвързан (bg) (nesvǎrzan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 離題／离题 (zh) (lítí), 漫無邊際／漫无边际 (zh)

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• Finnish: diskursiivinen (fi)
• Greek: ασυνάρτητος (el) m (asynártitos), αμετροεπής (el) m or f (ametroepís), πλατειαστικός (el) m (plateiastikós)

using reason and argument rather than intuition

• Dutch: redenerend (nl)
• Finnish: diskursiivinen (fi)
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• Greek: διαλογικός (el) m (dialogikós), έλλογος (el) m (éllogos)
• Swedish: diskursiv (sv)

• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} discursivo
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} discursivo

See also

• discourse

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French

Adjective

discursive

1. feminine singular of discursif

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) discursīve

1. vocative masculine singular of discursīvus