discursive
discursive
Definition
dis·cur·sive (di skʉr′siv)
adjective
- wandering from one topic to another; skimming over many apparently unconnected subjects; rambling; desultory; digressive
- based on the conscious use of reasoning rather than on intuition
Etymology: ML discursivus < L discursus: see discourse
discursive
Synonyms
discursive
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- develop: Develop student discursive and interpretative skills through appropriate interactive and assessment activities.
Modifies a noun
- saturation: This form of activity is characterized by a high degree of discursive saturation.
- psychology: In this paper, I consider a possible approach derived from discursive psychology.
- formation: The weight of absence is alleviated by the resignation of the discursive formation based on presence.
- essay: A 1000 word discursive essay based on the oral presentation.
- construction: The discursive construction of the National Grid for Learning.
- writing: The report encouraged teachers to be able to show good discursive writing.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: Mitchell's piece on identities in Asia Minor is rather discursive, but all the better for it.
- fundamentally: It is a fundamentally discursive environment which takes the asynchronous discussion board as its central tool.
- thoroughly: This, we saw, is particularly true of philosophy which is thoroughly discursive.
- largely: Power was once largely discursive, But it now is largely informational.
- highly: The style is highly discursive, leap-frogging forward and backward across the decades, without ever sacrificing thrust or clarity.
- often: His tone is often discursive, distinctly American, and always deftly directed toward each poem's purposes.
Used with adjective complement
- become: With Light Reading, they created an environment which encouraged artists and viewers alike to become actively discursive within an intimate yet public arena.
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