Definitions for discursive
dɪˈskɜr sɪvdis·cur·sive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dianoetic, discursiveadjective

   proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

2. digressive, discursive, excursive, ramblingadjective

   (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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discursiveadjective

   Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.

2. discursiveadjective

   Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DISCURSIVEadjective

   Etymology: discursif, French, from discurro, Latin.

   1. Moving here and there; roving.

   Some noises help sleep; as the blowing of the wind, and the trickling of water: they move a gentle attention, and whatsoever moveth attention, without too much labour, stilleth the natural and discursive motion of the spirits. Francis Bacon, N. Hist.

   2. Proceeding by regular gradation from premises to consequences; argumentative. This is sometimes, perhaps not improperly, written discursive.

   There is a sanctity of soul and body, of more efficacy for the receiving of divine truths, than the greatest pretences to discursive demonstration. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.

   There hath been much dispute touching the knowledge of brutes, whether they have a kind of discursive faculty, which some call reason. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Discursiveadjective

   passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory

2. Discursiveadjective

   reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of discursive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of discursive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=discursive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Discursive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=discursive
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discursive
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=discursive