discursiveness
- noun
- /dɪsˈkɜːrsɪvnəs/
- Formal
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disgresividad
- Nonfunctional harmonies can be added to melodies, as the student is more free from conceptual discursiveness when using nonfunctional harmony.
Examples
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His tendency towards discursiveness often sidetracked the discussion, leading to unrelated topics.
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The writer's discursiveness added layers to her storytelling, making the plot more interesting.
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Kafka tends to undermine through mechanization all the major discursive forms that participate in the novel: its narrative, description, and discursiveness.
Academic text (1998) -
In her lecture, the professor's discursiveness made it difficult for students to follow the main argument.
Synonyms
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A lack of clear, organized speech or writing that makes it hard to follow
A habit of leaving the main subject to talk about other things
Lack of focus in speech or writing that makes ideas hard to follow
Antonyms
How Rambling
Surface Forms
Morphology
discursiveness = discursive (transparent) = discursive + ness
Formation from the adjective 'discursive' with the standard nominalizing suffix '-ness' is a regular, predictable derivation.
Etymology
Discursiveness comes from the parts dis- ('apart') and currere ('to run'), the same root you find in course, which carries the idea of moving or running. So, discursiveness is like 'running apart' from the main point, meaning talking or writing that goes off topic and wanders between subjects.