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別の表記

• discorsioun [16th century]

語源

From Latin discursiō, from discurrō (“to run to and fro”); compare the English discurre, discurrent, discursation, and discurse.

発音

• (General American) enPR: dĭskûrʹzhən, IPA: /dɪˈskɝʒən/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dĭskûrʹshən, dĭskûrʹzhən, IPA: /dɪˈskɜːʃən/, /dɪˈskɜːʒən/

名詞

discursion (countable and uncountable, plural discursions)

1. (obsolete, rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
2. (rare, figuratively) Digression.
3. (philosophy) Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition.

参照

• “discursion” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]