discursive
dis·cur·sive / disˈkərsiv/ • adj. 1. digressing from subject to subject: students often write dull, secondhand, discursive prose. ∎ (of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive rather than formulaic or abbreviated: the short story is concentrated, whereas the novel is discursive.2. of or relating to discourse or modes of discourse: the attempt to transform utterances from one discursive context to another.3. archaic Philos. proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than by intuition.DERIVATIVES: dis·cur·sive·ly adv.dis·cur·sive·ness n.
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