universe of discourse

British

noun

logic the complete range of objects, events, attributes, relations, ideas, etc, that are expressed, assumed, or implied in a discussion

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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

The ideas expressed are native to his own universe of discourse.

From Time Magazine Archive

At present, he sees not even a "common universe of discourse."

From Time Magazine Archive

There can be no public opinion except in so far as the persons who compose the public are able to live in the same world and speak and think in the same universe of discourse.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

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