universe of discourse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“It has broken down the universe of discourse of the old market style of economy and proven that there is no singe narrative that is suitable for the whole world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 28, 2015
“It forces us to compare him to Dostoyevsky or John Ford, since for Balabanov what is important is not the social universe of discourse but the moral one.”
From New York Times • May 22, 2013
At present, he sees not even a "common universe of discourse."
From Time Magazine Archive
The ideas expressed are native to his own universe of discourse.
From Time Magazine Archive
I sat silent, staring at Panhandle with wide eyes of astonishment, for I had no universe of discourse to which I could relate the strange things I was hearing.
From All Men are Ghosts by Jacks, L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall)
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