discursive
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Employing a stagy New York accent, and saddled with a distractingly unfortunate blond wig, Ms. McCann delivers a long, discursive monologue both boastful and aggressively flirtatious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
The coin of the realm on such shows is small-talk riffing and discursive, big-ideas bullshitting, and he excelled at neither.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2025
“Cordially” is a little too jumpy for its own good, but its discursive heart is in the right place for these grievous times.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
Jelinek’s signature dramatic form is the theatrical monologue: lengthy paragraphs of discursive text without clearly indicated characters, stage directions or conventional plot.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024
It should be obvious that facts can both be unquestionable and only have meaning within certain discursive conventions: e.g.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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