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Definition of Discursiveness

1. Noun. The quality of being discursive.

Definition of Discursiveness

1. [n -ES]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Discursiveness

discriminative stimulus discriminator discriminators discriminatory discrown discrowned discrowning discrowns discs discure

discured discures discuring discursive discursively discursiveness (current term) discus discus discuses discuss

discuss discussable discussant discussants discussed discusser discussers discusses discussible discussing

Literary usage of Discursiveness

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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Now it is this Pindaric discursiveness, this Pindaric unrestraint as to the matter, which has led poets to attempt to imitate him by adopting an unrestraint ..."

2. The Legends of Genesis by Hermann Gunkel (1901)
"EPIC discursiveness. Another characteristic feature of the Joseph story is its discursiveness, ... What are we to think of this "epic discursiveness"? ..."

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