English Explanatory Dictionary

discursive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or concerning discourse.
  2. Tending to digress from the main point.
  3. Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-discursive.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-discursive.wav

Word forms

discursive more discursive most discursive

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.

Synonyms

digressive rambling discoursive

Related words

discourse

Derived words

antidiscursive counterdiscursive cyberdiscursive discursively discursiveness discursivity interdiscursive macrodiscursive metadiscursive microdiscursive nondiscursive transdiscursive undiscursive
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