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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: discursive (0.01155 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to discursive.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: discursive menyimpang, tak berhubungan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: discursive discursive adj 1: proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition [syn: dianoetic] 2: (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” [syn: digressive, excursive, rambling]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Discursive 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. [1913 Webster] The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster] A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. [1913 Webster] Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. --Milton. -- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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