discursion
Americannoun
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an instance of discursive writing, speech, etc.; a wandering or logically unconnected statement.
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the quality or characteristic of ranging from topic to topic; discursiveness; digressiveness.
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the process or procedure of rigorous formal analysis or demonstration, as distinguished from immediate or intuitive formulation.
Etymology
Origin of discursion
1525–35; < Late Latin discursiōn- (stem of discursiō ) a running to and fro. See discourse, -ion
Example Sentences
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One’s tolerance for discursion will be tested here.
From New York Times
There is a long, unnecessary discursion into reclaiming the language of “darkness,” for example, that comes, one might feel, at the expense of more valuable, concrete information on what it might mean to care for a person with dementia, or to reconcile the diagnosis for oneself.
From New York Times
Or, he will go on another discursion about slats and concrete and what somebody’s cousin Pete told him and the moment will be wasted and the next time he says he wants to address the nation it will get yawns.
From Fox News
The discursion is what lends the book its power and keeps the reader turning its pages.
From Washington Post
What catapults “Beatlebone,” thrillingly and frustratingly, into the realm of the near-great is an abrupt discursion that occurs about two-thirds of the way through.
From Washington Post
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