Definition of Discursiveness

1. Noun. The quality of being discursive.

Generic synonyms: Indirectness
Derivative terms: Discursive, Discursive

Definition of Discursiveness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being discursive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discursiveness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discursiveness

discumber
discumbered
discumbering
discumbers
discure
discured
discures
discuring
discurrent
discursion
discursions
discursist
discursists
discursive
discursively
discursiveness
discursory
discus
discus articularis
discus articularis acromioclavicularis
discus articularis radioulnaris
discus articularis sternoclavicularis
discus articularis temporomandibularis
discus fish
discus fishes
discus intervertebralis
discus lentiformis
discus nervi optici
discus proligerus

Literary usage of Discursiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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