Discourse

What do we mean by discourse?

Verbal expression in speech or writing. noun

Verbal exchange or conversation. noun

A formal, lengthy treatment of a subject, either written or spoken. noun

The process or power of reasoning. noun

To speak or write formally and at length. synonym: speak. intransitive verb

To engage in conversation or discussion; converse. intransitive verb

To narrate or discuss. intransitive verb

A running over a subject in speech; hence, a communication of thoughts by words; expression of ideas; mutual intercourse; talk; conversation. noun

A running over in the mind of premises and deducing of conclusions; the exercise of, or an act of exercising, the logical or reasoning faculty; hence, the power of reasoning from premises; rationality. noun

A formal discussion or treatment of a subjeet; a dissertation, treatise, homily, sermon, or the like: as, the discourse of Plutarch on garrulity, of Cicero on old age; an eloquent discourse. noun

Debate; contention; strife. noun

Intercourse; dealing; transaction. noun

That sort of mental operation, performed by one person or by several, in which a line of thought is followed out. noun

To hold discourse; communicate thoughts or ideas orally, especially in a formal manner; treat in a set manner; hold forth; expatiate; converse: as, to discourse on the properties of the circle; the preacher discoursed on the nature and effect of faith.

To treat of or discuss a subject in a formal manner in writing.

To narrate; give a relation; tell.

To reason; argue from premises to consequences.

To treat of; talk over; discuss.

To utter or give forth.

To talk or confer with.

Verbal exchange, conversation.

Expression in words, either speech or writing.

A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.

Any rational expression, reason.

An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).

Dealing; transaction.

Verbal expression or exchange; conversation Urban Dictionary

The act of slapping two penises together. Learned people (that's "learNED" pronounced with two syllables, boyee) often use the word "discourse" because they do not want to offend anyone by actually saying "slapping two penises together." Urban Dictionary

Whatever discussions are trending among the MeDiA eLiTe on Twitter.com – good/bad/hot/lukewarm takes, viral personal essays, cancellations, any content ripe for mining/dissecting/ruining et al. Urban Dictionary

Discourse is when there’s a meltdown, a bad take being rted, a good take being debated for no goddamned reason, a new trend or template that has caught everyone Urban Dictionary

An English term the nobody understands. Urban Dictionary

The word your english teacher says sometimes and you haven't got a fucking clue what he's on about Urban Dictionary

Term for when gun control advocates regularly censor comments on their message boards or blogs. Usually when their arguments and claims are easily refuted. Term comes from the last days of the old Brady Campaign blog where they ran a series called, of course 'Reasoned Discourse' where they highlighted alleged violent or disgusting comments they had received. This was shortly before they blocked all comments and later deleted them. Urban Dictionary

A Twitter environment full of debate and arguments Urban Dictionary

Commonly used in the LGBTQIA+, When a community argue about who can say certain slurs within their group. Urban Dictionary

A discourse account is an account, typically on instagram, that posts aesthetic edits occasionally featuring popular anime characters while also containing opinions of the person running the account discourse accounts can talk about anything, but most of them talk about lgbt discourse and/or fandom discourse Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to discourse:
discourse, discoure, discours, discourage, disburse, dispurse, discous, discoursive, discure, scourse, discoursed, midcourse, discourses, discourser, discors, dishouse, dishorse, discorso, discurso, discorsi.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word discourse:
discursive, rhetorical, rhetoric, linguistics, buddha, feminism, inequality, disciples, linguistic, feminist, analysis, ethics, concerning, ideology, philosophical, notion, essay, arguments, topic, conversation, dialogue, discussion, grammar, narrative, argument, gender, concepts, logic, jesus, theories, perspective, interpretation, moral, debate, philosophy, theoretical, communication, truth, context, sentence, theory, understanding, scholars, democracy, islam, speech, identity, language, relation, text, intellectual, ideas, spoken, interaction, knowledge, representation, practices, principles.

Words that rhyme with discourse:
bis course, dis course, this course.

Adjectives that are often used to describe discourse:
public, political, philosophical, dominant, scientific, moral, academic, religious, critical, indirect, colonial, rational, ordinary, legal, historical, direct, official, contemporary, literary, narrative, feminist, theological, popular, oral, theoretical, cultural, intellectual, medical, everyday, western, poetic, ethical, hegemonic, liberal, ideological, scholarly, connected, excellent, educational, democratic, persuasive, racial, preliminary, century, learned, verbal, male, argumentative, normative, lengthy, therapeutic, patriarchal, mainstream, civic, brief, rhetorical, racist, meaningful.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective discourse:
analysis, centered, xii, xiv, xiii, xvi, xvii, xviii, interface, xix, level, pragmatics, based, structure, xxiv, theory, xxii, xxi, xxv, delivered, source, concerning, xxvii, xxvi, xxiii, pragmatic, interpretation, approach, xxviii, collection, ethics, processing, oriented, xxix, patterns, centred, functional, organizing, xxxvi, xxx, xxxi, the, sketch, first, marker, xxxv, second, distinction, xxxiii, markers, xxxiv, xxxix, xxxviii, pronounced, commemorative, configurationality, writing, xxxii, xlii, xxxvii, xliv, liv, grammar, xlv, lviii, comprehension, topic, lix, communities, lii, relation, analytic, lvii, liii, xli, mode, lxii, strategies, radiation, materiality.

Consonant match to discourse:
dis course.

Words that sound like discourse:
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