DISCURSIVE


Meaning of DISCURSIVE in English

adj. 1 rambling or digressive. 2 Philos. proceeding by argument or reasoning (opp. INTUITIVE). discursively adv. discursiveness n.

[ med.L discursivus f. L discurrere discurs- (as DIS-, currere run) ]

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