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DISCURSIVE
digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling
(adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; “amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women’s fashions among other things”; “a rambling discursive book”; “his excursive remarks”; “a rambling speech about this and that”
dianoetic, discursive
(adjective) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
discursive (comparative more discursive, superlative most discursive)
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cur"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle.
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton.
– Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv.
– Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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