discursive
11discursive — adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discursus, past participle of discurrere to run about more at discourse Date: 1598 1. a. moving from topic to topic without order ; rambling b. proceeding coherently …
12discursive — adjective a) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling. This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa. b) Using reason and argument rather than intuition …
13discursive — di|scur|sive [dıˈskə:sıv US ə:r ] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: discursivus, from Latin discursus; DISCOURSE1] discussing many different ideas, facts etc, without always having a clear purpose ▪ a long, discursive article …
14discursive — adjective changing from one subject to another without any clear plan: a discursive style of writing discursively adverb discursiveness noun (U) …
15Discursive dilemma — or doctrinal paradox is a paradox in social choice theory which states that aggregating judgements with majority voting might result in a self contradictory judgement. P Q R = P Q R Judge 1 yes yes yes yes Judge 2 no yes yes no Judge 3 yes …
16discursive faculties — index judgment (discernment) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17discursive reasoning — index dialectic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18Discursive psychology — For other uses of the word, see discursive. Discursive psychology (DP) is a form of discourse analysis that focuses on psychological themes. Discursive psychology starts with psychological phenomena as things that are constructed, attended to,… …
19Discursive Complex — The notion of the ‘discursive complex’ was developed by Ian Parker to tackle the twofold nature of psychoanalysis in Western culture. In his 1997 book Psychoanalytic Culture, Parker defines the ‘discursive complex’ as a ‘methodological device.… …
20discursive — discursively, adv. discursiveness, n. /di skerr siv/, adj. 1. passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling. 2. proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition. [1590 1600; < ML discursivus. See DISCOURSE, IVE] Syn …
