Thesaurus results for DISCOURSES

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noun

plural of discourse

as in conversations

talking or a talk between two or more people Thomas Jefferson is said to have been able to participate in knowledgeable discourse on a breathtaking array of subjects

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verb

present tense third-person singular of discourse

as in lectures

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the guest lecturer discoursed at some length on the long-term results of the war

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as in harangues

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech grandly discoursed as though he were an expert on every subject

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The chatter of cosmopolitan élites is the most reviled of all discourses right now. —

Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Yet, public discourses generally on its barriers. —

Kenneth Okeke, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026 In the wake of the 2020 protests of anti-Black police violence, museums put themselves forward as hosts for their communities’ racial reckonings and difficult discourses. —

Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026 Media discourses are considered processes for the collective social construction of reality in terms of frames and schemata. —

Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May 2026 By the mid-1960s, the school, located in the center of Harlem, was among the few schools in the United States to publish a yearbook directly engaged with the civil rights and Black Power discourses of the era. —

Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025 By analyzing discourses on development squarely within Native American studies, Yazzie situates capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism into the politics of nation-building. —

JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025

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Officials are already shuttling between their various capitals for conversations about what the parties might get from it.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
Even those who work part- or full-time still end up shouldering the brunt of the practical labor (cooking, cleaning, caretaking, scheduling) and emotional labor (initiating hard conversations, offering support, anticipating needs, absorbing stress).

— Jenna Ryu, SELF, 11 Dec. 2025