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discursive
[ dih-skur-siv ]
adjective
- passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
Synonyms: prolix, long-winded, wandering
- proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition.
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Derived Forms
- disˈcursively, adverb
- disˈcursiveness, noun
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Other Words From
- dis·cursive·ly adverb
- dis·cursive·ness noun
- nondis·cursive adjective
- nondis·cursive·ly adverb
- nondis·cursive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of discursive1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Buterin, who gave two talks, has a discursive and often highly theoretical talking style, making it difficult to pull out specific and succinct theses from his speeches.
“Conversational intelligence is the constellation of features and technologies that enable humans and machines to take turns exchanging language and work toward accomplishing a discursive goal,” says Bennett.
The questions linger throughout this at times maddeningly discursive novel.
Now Intelligence possesses them by thought, a thought which is not discursive (but intuitive).
Yet the impulse to discursive commentary must be checked, for plucking flowers is a distraction from comparative botany.
The discursive faculty then becomes what our Shakespeare, with happy precision, calls "discourse of reason."
Who is more discursive than the Autocrat, the Czar of table-talkers; and whose productions are more charming or wiser?
The evidence of such principles is established by a long and discursive psychological discussion.
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