discursiveadj.n.

Brit.

/dɪˈskəːsɪv/, U.S.

/dᵻˈskərsɪv/

Forms: 1500s–1600s discursiue, 1600s– discursive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin discursivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin discursivus proceeding by reasoning or argument (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin discurs- , past participial stem of discurrere discur v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French discursif that moves to and fro (1551 as †discoursif), logical, rational (1576), and also Spanish discursivo (1530 or earlier), Portuguese discursivo (1660), Italian discorsivo (a1563; 1499 as †discursivo).

A. adj.

1. Of or characterized by reasoned argument or thought; logical, ratiocinative. Often opposed to intuitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective]

reasoningc1454

dianoetical1570

discoursing1571

discoursory1581

ratiocinative1585

discoursive1588

discursive1595

discoursative1604

discursory1614

logistic1638

logistical1644

discussive1645

rationative1650

dianoetic1677

reasoned1684

ratiocinatory1728

raisonné1777

1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. B4 For first conceiued in her mentall wombe, And nourisht with her soules discursiue fire, They grew into the power of her thought.

1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 117 Ignorance..depriveth Reason of her discursive facultie.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) v. ii. 127 We cannot attain to Science but by a Discursive deduction of one thing from another.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 488 Whence the soule Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive, or Intuitive; discourse Is oftest yours, the latter most is ours.

1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. xv So far as by a discursive operation of the soul, we numerate, we effect a particular quantum.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 161 Philosophy has hitherto been discursive: while Geometry is always and essentially intuitive.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xx. 14 The Elaborative or Discursive Faculty..has only one operation, it only compares.

1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 218 Johnson..is always a man of intuitions rather than of discursive intellect.

1929 Jrnl. Philos. Stud. 4 248 The dianoetic logic..comprehends the purely formal connections of concepts in the judgments and the discursive procedure of thought.

1961 M. Esslin Theatre of Absurd 17 The open abandonment of rational devices and discursive thought.

2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers xi. 515 The only legitimate laws are those that can be rationally accepted by everyone in a discursive process of opinion and will formation.

a. That passes from one subject to another, esp. in a rapid or irregular manner; extending over or dealing with a wide range of subjects; expansive; digressive.In later use (e.g. quot. 2001) sometimes: framed as a discourse or as connected prose, non-technical; cf. discoursive adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive

digressinga1535

exorbitant1534

discursive1598

solute1605

digressive?1611

excursive1673

rimble-ramble1690

land-loping1694

digressionary1741

parenthetic1782

uncentral1782

digressional1785

parenthetical1814

discursative1819

discursory1830

episodic1867

winding1887

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H.viii^v Boundlesse discursiue apprehension Giuing it wings.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. G Men are generally rather taken with the plausible and discursive, then the real and the solid part of Philosophy.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1774 I. 440 Such a discursive exercise of his mind.

1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 182 The name Novelist..would ill describe so vast and discursive a genius.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cvii. 167 Heart-affluence in discursive talk From household fountains never dry.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 166 A most vivid, though very discursive and garrulous, history of the time.

1904 Outlook 24 Sept. 241/2 A pleasingly discursive talk about the haunts and homes of Burns.

1930 Economist 3 May 1007/2 The directors conclude a somewhat discursive report with remarks upon the wastefulness of sterilised gold.

1973 Ethnomusicology 17 42 He showed himself to be..a discursive but lively table-talker.

2001 I. J. Deary Intelligence v. 99 These papers are technical along the way, but the discursive sections are written with laudable clarity.

b. With reference to physical action or disposition: of the nature of or characterized by movement to and fro, or from place to place. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > moving hither and thither

fugitive1481

discursive1626

volatile1654

various1725

pillar-to-post1886

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §745 Whatsoeuer moueth Attention..stilleth the Naturall and discursiue Motion of the Spirits.

1690 W. Baxter tr. Plutarch Of Isis & Osiris in M. Morgan et al. tr. Plutarch Morals IV. 141 The Salutary, the Good and the Discursive Motion of the Universe.

1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. 240 Misgivings, that Our road..might prove somewhat more discursive.

1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. 282 The regularity of the streets..prevented the breezes being so discursive as..among the unconnected dwellings.

1900 C. M. Yonge Mod. Broods iii. 27 I am faithful enough to go to my parish in the morning, but I think we may be discursive afterwards.

3. Relating to discourse or modes of discourse. Cf. discourse n. 7.

ΚΠ

1961 Philos. Rev. 70 80 The word ‘God’ looks the same in any discursive context, whether narrative, factual, or formal.

1989 G. L. Ormiston & R. Sassower Narr. Exper. i. 10 The discursive framework in which any pedagogical discussion concerned with the character of the culture it formulates must take place.

1993 S. Aronowitz Roll over Beethoven v. 159 Burke, whose analysis precludes evaluative judgments of any particular discursive mode.

2011 C. West in G. Rockhill & A. Gomez-Muller Politics of Culture & Spirit of Critique vi. 114 Deploying that voice in..a variety of different discursive strategies, a variety of different modes of rhetorical persuasion as well as logical argumentation in order to make some kind of impact on the world.

†B. n.

Something apprehended by reason, as opposed to by sense perception. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > matter for discussion

questionc1225

pointc1300

propositiona1382

conclusion1393

positiona1398

motivec1400

move1439

gainsay1559

moot point1563

argumenta1568

prop1607

contention1635

corollary1636

hypothesis1669

discursivea1676

contestation1880

submission1884

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. viii. 364 Sometimes..the very subjectum discursus is imperceptible to Sense..such are also the discursives of moral good and evil, just, unjust, which are no more perceptible to Sense than Colour is to the Ear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discursive
释义	discursiveadj.n. Brit. /dɪˈskəːsɪv/, U.S. /dᵻˈskərsɪv/ Forms: 1500s–1600s discursiue, 1600s– discursive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin discursivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin discursivus proceeding by reasoning or argument (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin discurs- , past participial stem of discurrere discur v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French discursif that moves to and fro (1551 as †discoursif), logical, rational (1576), and also Spanish discursivo (1530 or earlier), Portuguese discursivo (1660), Italian discorsivo (a1563; 1499 as †discursivo). A. adj. 1. Of or characterized by reasoned argument or thought; logical, ratiocinative. Often opposed to intuitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective] reasoningc1454 dianoetical1570 discoursing1571 discoursory1581 ratiocinative1585 discoursive1588 discursive1595 discoursative1604 discursory1614 logistic1638 logistical1644 discussive1645 rationative1650 dianoetic1677 reasoned1684 ratiocinatory1728 raisonné1777 1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. B4 For first conceiued in her mentall wombe, And nourisht with her soules discursiue fire, They grew into the power of her thought. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 117 Ignorance..depriveth Reason of her discursive facultie. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) v. ii. 127 We cannot attain to Science but by a Discursive deduction of one thing from another. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 488 Whence the soule Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive, or Intuitive; discourse Is oftest yours, the latter most is ours. View more context for this quotation 1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. xv So far as by a discursive operation of the soul, we numerate, we effect a particular quantum. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 161 Philosophy has hitherto been discursive: while Geometry is always and essentially intuitive. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xx. 14 The Elaborative or Discursive Faculty..has only one operation, it only compares. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 218 Johnson..is always a man of intuitions rather than of discursive intellect. 1929 Jrnl. Philos. Stud. 4 248 The dianoetic logic..comprehends the purely formal connections of concepts in the judgments and the discursive procedure of thought. 1961 M. Esslin Theatre of Absurd 17 The open abandonment of rational devices and discursive thought. 2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers xi. 515 The only legitimate laws are those that can be rationally accepted by everyone in a discursive process of opinion and will formation. 2. a. That passes from one subject to another, esp. in a rapid or irregular manner; extending over or dealing with a wide range of subjects; expansive; digressive.In later use (e.g. quot. 2001) sometimes: framed as a discourse or as connected prose, non-technical; cf. discoursive adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive digressinga1535 exorbitant1534 discursive1598 solute1605 digressive?1611 excursive1673 rimble-ramble1690 land-loping1694 digressionary1741 parenthetic1782 uncentral1782 digressional1785 parenthetical1814 discursative1819 discursory1830 episodic1867 winding1887 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H.viii^v Boundlesse discursiue apprehension Giuing it wings. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. G Men are generally rather taken with the plausible and discursive, then the real and the solid part of Philosophy. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1774 I. 440 Such a discursive exercise of his mind. 1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 182 The name Novelist..would ill describe so vast and discursive a genius. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cvii. 167 Heart-affluence in discursive talk From household fountains never dry. View more context for this quotation 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 166 A most vivid, though very discursive and garrulous, history of the time. 1904 Outlook 24 Sept. 241/2 A pleasingly discursive talk about the haunts and homes of Burns. 1930 Economist 3 May 1007/2 The directors conclude a somewhat discursive report with remarks upon the wastefulness of sterilised gold. 1973 Ethnomusicology 17 42 He showed himself to be..a discursive but lively table-talker. 2001 I. J. Deary Intelligence v. 99 These papers are technical along the way, but the discursive sections are written with laudable clarity. b. With reference to physical action or disposition: of the nature of or characterized by movement to and fro, or from place to place. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > moving hither and thither fugitive1481 discursive1626 volatile1654 various1725 pillar-to-post1886 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §745 Whatsoeuer moueth Attention..stilleth the Naturall and discursiue Motion of the Spirits. 1690 W. Baxter tr. Plutarch Of Isis & Osiris in M. Morgan et al. tr. Plutarch Morals IV. 141 The Salutary, the Good and the Discursive Motion of the Universe. 1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. 240 Misgivings, that Our road..might prove somewhat more discursive. 1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. 282 The regularity of the streets..prevented the breezes being so discursive as..among the unconnected dwellings. 1900 C. M. Yonge Mod. Broods iii. 27 I am faithful enough to go to my parish in the morning, but I think we may be discursive afterwards. 3. Relating to discourse or modes of discourse. Cf. discourse n. 7. ΚΠ 1961 Philos. Rev. 70 80 The word ‘God’ looks the same in any discursive context, whether narrative, factual, or formal. 1989 G. L. Ormiston & R. Sassower Narr. Exper. i. 10 The discursive framework in which any pedagogical discussion concerned with the character of the culture it formulates must take place. 1993 S. Aronowitz Roll over Beethoven v. 159 Burke, whose analysis precludes evaluative judgments of any particular discursive mode. 2011 C. West in G. Rockhill & A. Gomez-Muller Politics of Culture & Spirit of Critique vi. 114 Deploying that voice in..a variety of different discursive strategies, a variety of different modes of rhetorical persuasion as well as logical argumentation in order to make some kind of impact on the world. †B. n. Something apprehended by reason, as opposed to by sense perception. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > matter for discussion questionc1225 pointc1300 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 positiona1398 motivec1400 move1439 gainsay1559 moot point1563 argumenta1568 prop1607 contention1635 corollary1636 hypothesis1669 discursivea1676 contestation1880 submission1884 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. viii. 364 Sometimes..the very subjectum discursus is imperceptible to Sense..such are also the discursives of moral good and evil, just, unjust, which are no more perceptible to Sense than Colour is to the Ear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1595
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