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View usage for: (epɪsɒdɪk) 1. adjectiveSomething that is episodic occurs at irregular and infrequent intervals. [formal] ...episodic attacks of fever. Synonyms: irregular, occasional, sporadic, intermittent More Synonyms of episodic 2. graded adjectiveAn episodic piece of writing or film consists of a series of events, which often seem not to be connected. ...an episodic narrative of unrelated characters connected only by time and place. Synonyms: disconnected, irregular, rambling, anecdotal More Synonyms of episodic episodic in British English (ˌɛpɪˈsɒdɪk) or episodical adjective1. resembling or relating to an episode 2. divided into or composed of episodes 3. irregular, occasional, or sporadic Derived forms episodically (ˌepiˈsodically) adverb episodic in American English (ˌɛpəˈsɑdɪk) adjective1. having the nature of an episode; incidental 2. divided into episodes, often not closely related or well integrated Also ˌepiˈsodical Derived forms episodically (ˌepiˈsodically) adverb Examples of 'episodic' in a sentenceepisodic Dove relishes the vocal opportunities that such an episodic story provides.And his episodic memory had gone entirely.It's only the episodic nature of the attacks that gives the diagnosis away.As a result, the film feels episodic.Then he stressed not the long line of these sprawling movements, but their turbulence and episodic nature.But the narrative is too episodic and the dialogue too contrived for it to have the same impact as Happiness.This episodic whodunnit courtroom drama had only one tiny fault - we all knew how it was going to end.The close-knit dramas of family life thus necessarily give way to an episodic tale that lurches from one eccentric encounter to another.All three are involved in constructing our identity, but it's episodic memory that makes us unique.A tighter, less episodic, narrative might have made it a modern classic.It specifically enhances episodic memory - the kind that lapses when you lose your car keys or can't remember where you parked the car. Definition occurring at irregular and infrequent intervals episodic attacks of fever an episodic narrative of unrelated characters Synonyms irregular anecdotal digressive Additional synonymsSynonyms rambling, drifting, diffuse, meandering, anecdotal, divergent, episodic, circuitous, discursive, circumlocutory, excursiveDefinition passing from one topic to another The book is characterized by a reflective, discursive style. Synonyms digressive, loose, rambling, roundabout, diffuse, meandering, desultory, long-winded, circuitous, prolixDefinition having no coherence his disjointed ramblings about his youth Synonyms incoherent, confused, disordered, rambling, disconnected, unconnected, loose, aimless, fitful, spasmodic- epigrammatic
- epilogue
- episode
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- epistle
- epitaph
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