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discursion

UK/dɪˈskɜːʃən/US/dɪˈskɝʒən/

discursion noun: the action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.

Noun

discursion (countable and uncountable, plural discursions)

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

discursion meaning in Tamil

discursion in Tamil

அங்குமிங்கும் நகர்தல், படிப்படியாகக் காரணங் காணல்

Forms of discursion

pluraldiscursions
alternative formdiscorsioun

Origin of discursion

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

Questions about discursion

What does discursion mean?
Discursion means the action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
What is discursion in Tamil?
Discursion in Tamil is அங்குமிங்கும் நகர்தல், படிப்படியாகக் காரணங் காணல். See Discursion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is discursion?
Discursion is a noun.
How do you pronounce discursion?
Discursion is pronounced /dɪˈskɝʒən/ (US).
What is the plural of discursion?
The plural of discursion is discursions.

Words near discursion in the dictionary

  1. discure
  2. discured
  3. discures
  4. discuring
  5. discurrent
  6. discursion
  7. discursions
  8. discursist
  9. discursists
  10. discursive
  11. discursively

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discursion (page history and authors); discursion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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