Definition of discursive Discursive
/dɪskɚˈsɪv/ - [diskersiv] - dis•cur•sive
We found 7 definitions of discursive from 4 different sources.
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What does discursive mean?
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| discursive - proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition | ||
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| logical capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind" | ||
| philosophy any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it" | ||
| discursive - (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" | ||
| digressive, excursive, rambling | ||
| indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- discursive (a.)
Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. - discursive (a.)
Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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discursive
dis-kur′siv, adj. running from one thing to another: roving, desultory: proceeding regularly from premises to conclusion: intellectual, rational.—ns. Discur′sion, desultory talk: act of reasoning; Discur′sist, a disputer.—adv. Discur′sively.—n. Discur′siveness.—adj. Discur′sory, discursive.—n. Discur′sus, argument. [See Discourse.]
