"discursive" meaning in English

See discursive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-discursive.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-discursive.wav Forms: more discursive [comparative], most discursive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{bor|en|frm|discursif}} Middle French discursif, {{der|en|la|discursus}} Latin discursus, {{der|en|ML.|discursivus}} Medieval Latin discursivus Head templates: {{en-adj}} discursive (comparative more discursive, superlative most discursive)
  1. (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling. Categories (topical): Talking Translations (tending to digress from the main point; rambling): безсистемен (bezsistemen) (Bulgarian), несвързан (nesvǎrzan) (Bulgarian), 離題 (Chinese Mandarin), 离题 (lítí) (Chinese Mandarin), 漫無邊際 (Chinese Mandarin), 漫无边际 (Chinese Mandarin), diskursiivinen (Finnish), ασυνάρτητος (asynártitos) [masculine] (Greek), αμετροεπής (ametroepís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), πλατειαστικός (plateiastikós) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-discursive-en-adj-in3UoVkX Disambiguation of Talking: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'tending to digress from the main point; rambling': 99 1
  2. (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition. Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (using reason and argument rather than intuition): redenerend (Dutch), diskursiivinen (Finnish), διαλογικός (dialogikós) [masculine] (Greek), έλλογος (éllogos) [masculine] (Greek), diskursiv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-discursive-en-adj-1C3a--QA Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'using reason and argument rather than intuition': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: discourse
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ασυνάρτητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ametroepís",
      "sense": "tending to digress from the main point; rambling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αμετροεπής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plateiastikós",
      "sense": "tending to digress from the main point; rambling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πλατειαστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "using reason and argument rather than intuition",
      "word": "redenerend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "using reason and argument rather than intuition",
      "word": "diskursiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dialogikós",
      "sense": "using reason and argument rather than intuition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διαλογικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éllogos",
      "sense": "using reason and argument rather than intuition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "έλλογος"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "using reason and argument rather than intuition",
      "word": "diskursiv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discursive"
}

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