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discursive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dianoetic |
| Derivation | discursiveness |
discursive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | digressive, excursive, rambling |
| Derivation | discursiveness |
a rambling discursive book.
Examples of discursive
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His books can be repetitive and over-discursive, but are nevertheless original.
From the guardian.co.uk
Oddly, his first LP was the jazz-inflected, discursive Presenting Isaac Hayes.
From the time.com
Racialization refers to processes of the discursive production of racial identities.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A text's view of the world is also influenced by the author's discursive background.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A discursive formation is defined as the regularities that produces such discourses.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The overall effect is to render Life Class a rather dull, discursive book.
From the chron.com
I'm sad that my contribution ends up being 4 paragraphs and four discursive footnotes.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Further critiques have emerged from feminist, constructionist and discursive sources.
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Beachy has given Potter a discursive narrative style, which suits his wandering story.
From the boston.com
- Dianoetic: proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
- Digressive: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
- (discursively) in a rambling manner
