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Antonyms for discursion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-skur-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskɜr ʃən |
Definition of discursion
- As in aside : noun confidential statement
- As in irrelevancy : noun digression
- As in parenthesis : noun digression
- As in digression : noun deviation; straying
- I make this discursion because, for a period, the paths of the two composers were parallel.
- Extract from : « Ivory Apes and Peacocks » by James Huneker
- Discursion is an act of reflection, and though there is always less there can never be more in reflection than in intuition.
- Extract from : « Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. I (of 2) » by Jaime Luciano Balmes
Synonyms for discursion
- apostrophe
- aside
- deflection
- departure
- detour
- deviation
- difference
- digression
- discursion
- divagation
- divergence
- divergency
- diversion
- drifting
- episode
- excursion
- excursus
- footnote
- incident
- interpolation
- interposition
- irrelevancy
- note
- obiter dictum
- parenthesis
- rambling
- tangent
- throwaway
- variation
- wandering
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