Meanings
noundiscursion (countable and uncountable, plural discursions)
plural discursions · alternative discorsioun
- countableobsoleterareuncountableThe action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
- countablefigurativelyrareuncountableDigression.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesRatiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition.
Origin
- Latindiscursiō
- Englishdiscursion
From Latin discursiō, from discurrō (“to run to and fro”); compare the English discurre, discurrent, discursation, and discurse.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan digressió
- digressiódigression
Finnish diskurssi
- diskurssiphilosophic reasoning
French errance, vagabondage
- erranceroving about
- vagabondageroving about
- digressiondigression
- détoursdigression
- discursionphilosophic reasoning
Italian vagabondagio, digressione
- vagabondagioroving about
- digressionedigression
Spanish vagabundeo, digresión
- vagabundeoroving about
- digresióndigression
- rodeodigression
- discursiónphilosophic reasoning
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discursion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discursion
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“discursion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discursion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discursion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discursion.
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