English-Spanish translations for discourse

• discurso
  Pero deberíamos combatir los discursos negativos. Yet we should fight negative discourses.
  En caso contrario, ya no sería un discurso racional. Otherwise, we will be leaving rational discourse behind.
  Este discurso de izquierdas lo único que ha conseguido es agravar los problemas. This left-wing discourse has only exacerbated the problems.
• conversación
• disertar

Definition of discourse

• Verbal exchange, conversation
• Expression in words, either speech or writing
• A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written
• Any rational expression, reason
• An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after w:Michel Foucault|Michel Foucault
• Dealing; transaction
• To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse
• To debate
• To produce or emit (musical sounds

Synonyms

• study
• treatise

Examples

• The preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.

Related words

• interdiscourse
• discourse marker
• discourse particle
• discourse analysis
• discourse grammar
• domain of discourse