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discursiveness

/dih-skur-siv/US // dɪˈskɜr sɪv //UK // (dɪˈskɜːsɪv) //

讨论性,辨别力,辨识度,辨证法

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
    • : proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition.

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Examples

  • The war—which is a discursive battle right now, it’s a war of ideas mostly—is waged by people who feel that what’s good for the land is what’s good for people.

  • Sterne's sentiment and discursiveness found several feeble imitators.

  • In this discursiveness of intellect he more nearly resembled the Encyclopedists of the 18th century than the men of his own time.

  • Even so slight a survey as this must show the astonishing discursiveness of Mr. Lewes's intellect.

  • There was the same discursiveness in his talk as in his sermon, Harry thought; and the same uneasy restlessness of manner.

  • And this feeling harassed him, increasing the natural discursiveness and inconsequence of his speech.