discursive

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
  2. adjective (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French discursif, formed from the stem of Latin discursus and the suffix -if, and in part borrowed from Medieval Latin discursivus. By surface analysis, discourse + -ive.

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Synonyms

dianoetic

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