discursive

dɪˈskɜrsɪv
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Translation of discursive into German

Adjective

1.

rambling

tending to digress from the main point
  • Her discursive lecture confused the audience.Ihr abschweifender Vortrag verwirrte das Publikum.
2.

communication

TECH.
related to discourse or modes of discourse
TECH.
  • The essay is a discursive analysis of communication styles..Der Aufsatz ist eine diskursive Analyse der Kommunikationsstile.
3.

philosophy

TECH.
using reason and argument rather than intuition
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  • The discursive method is central to philosophical debates.Die diskursive Methode ist zentral für philosophische Debatten.
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Synonyms and analogies of discursive in English

Examples of discursive in a sentence

  • The discursive essay lacked a clear argument.
  • Her discursive style makes the lecture engaging.
  • The book offers a discursive exploration of cultural norms.
  • His discursive essay covered many topics.
  • The lecture was highly discursive in nature.

Translations of "discursive" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
diskursivadj.

Creative processes require intuition, more than just discursive use of the mind.

Kreative Prozesse verlangen Intuition, mehr als den diskursiven Gebrauch des Verstandes.

She combines spatial analysis with performative, documentary and discursive approaches.

Sie verbindet Raumanalyse mit performativen, dokumentarischen und diskursiven Ansätzen.

diskursiveadj.

They often bring out the discursive aspect of your methodology.

Dabei tritt oft der diskursive Aspekt ihrer Methodik zu Tage.

In recent years the theme of faith has undergone an intensive discursive boom.

Das Thema Glauben hat in den letzten Jahren eine intensive diskursive Konjunktur erlebt.

weitschweifigadj.

Its march-like opening Moderato, texturally enriched by frequent octave doublings, is grand in aspiration, if rather discursive in effect.

Das marschartige Moderato, mit dem sie beginnt, wird satztechnisch durch häufige Oktavverdopplungen bereichert und strebt nach großen Zielen, auch wenn es in der Wirkung eher weitschweifig ist.

She had transgressed, it seemed, the farthest limits of discursive protocol of the permissive Indian democracy.

Sie hat, wie es scheint, die äußerste Grenze des weitschweifigen Protokolls der toleranten indischen Demokratie überschritten.

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Other translations for discursive:

  • abschweifendadj.

discursive: Examples and translations in context

Prohibitions also seem to be protected from discursive treatment in this way.

Auch Verbote werden auf diese Weise vor ihrer diskursiven Verhandlung geschützt.

A free-flow, actively discursive and investigative look at structures and performance.

Ein freifließender, aktiv diskursiver und forschender Blick auf Strukturen und Performance.

The latter are thus always assigned to specific discursive and institutional contexts.

Damit werden die Werke stets bestimmten diskursiven und institutionellen Kontexten zugeordnet.

Our trainers work with methods of collaborative learning and discursive acquisition of knowledge.

Unsere TrainerInnen arbeiten mit Methoden des kollaborativen Lernens und diskursiven Erarbeiten von Wissen.

A discursive sweeping blow based on interviews, presentations and experimental designs.

Ein diskursiver Rundumschlag anhand von Gesprächen, Präsentationen und Versuchsanordnungen.

Such an approach would disguise the discursive practices, which organize those narratives.

Ein solcher Ausgangspunkt würde die diskursiven Praktiken verschleiern, welche diese Narrationen organisieren.

New descriptions of disease forms find a pre-configured discursive context in the society.

Neue Beschreibungen von Krankheitsformen finden einen vorgefertigten diskursiven Rahmen in der Gesellschaft.

That would be an optimistic, discursive development for society.

Das wäre eine optimistische, diskursive Entwicklung für die Gesellschaft.

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