discursion
Example Sentences
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What catapults “Beatlebone,” thrillingly and frustratingly, into the realm of the near-great is an abrupt discursion that occurs about two-thirds of the way through.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2015
They move easily between travelogue and historical analogy, personal experience and philosophical meditation, discursion and sharp statement.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015
Wilson treats her with a restorative seriousness, a great capacity for discursion, and a biblical grasp of lineage.
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2013
Highlights include his objections to the coarsening of modern discourse, his fondness for Seinfeld, the rationale behind his fiery dissents, and a rather remarkable discursion about the devil.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2013
Now the proper operation of a rational soul consists in comparison and discursion from one thing to another.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
