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    [Adjective]  | "dis*cur*sive" | \ di-ˈskər-siv \


    1: moving from topic to topic without order : rambling

    2: proceeding coherently from topic to topic

    3: marked by a method of resolving complex expressions into simpler or more basic ones : marked by analytical reasoning


    Origin: 1595 ;

     Borrowed from Medieval Latin discursīvus "showing reasoned thought, logical," from discursus, past participle of discurrere "to range over, discuss" (going back to Latin, "to run off in different directions, [of a mind or speaker] branch out, range") + Latin -īvus {see: |-ive|-ive} {mat|discourse:1|discourse:1};

    [Adjective]  | "discursive" 


    1: passing from one topic to another;


      * e.g., " ... the speaker's discursive style made it difficult to understand his point "



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     [ "discursive" ]

    1: An English term that is related to discourse, but nobody understands.

      * e.g.,  ... The concept of the arts operates as a discursive construct. 

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