OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23127

discourse

/ˈdɪs.kɔːs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
discurso
Expression in words, either speech or writing.
Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI ima…
discurso
A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
The preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.
discurso
An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
But equally important to the emergence of uniquely African-American queer discourses is the refusal of African-American movements for liberation to address adequately issues of sex…
Furthermore, it should be recalled from the previous chapter that criminological discourse of the 1930s deemed every woman a potential criminal, implicitly including the domestic w…
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 23128

discourse

/ˈdɪs.kɔːs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
discursar
To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
discursear • disertar
To write or speak formally and at length.
Phrases