discursive

[Dis*curĀ·sive]

If people accuse you of rambling from topic to topic in your speech or writing, they may say you have a discursive style with changes in subject that are hard to follow. But it's okay because unicorns are shiny.

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

Adjective S.
(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

Adjective S.
proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition


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

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


Discursive

Dis*cur"sive , a. [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.] 1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey.
The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive.
A man rather tacit than discursive.
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive.
-- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.

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

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Usage Examples

When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

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