Synonyms of excursus

excursus

noun

ik-ˈskər-səs 

as in appendix

a part added at the end of a book or periodical

this biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine contains an interesting excursus on the status of women in the Middle Ages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appendix
• afterword
• epilogue
• conclusion
• codicil
• supplement
• addendum
• coda
• addition
• finale
• documentation
• postscript
• ending
• postlude
• accompaniment
• sequel
• follow-up
• complement
• allonge
• rider

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• introduction
• preface
• prologue
• foreword

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of excursus

The literary form which that illumination takes is that of the excursus, the commentary, and the fragment. — W. G. Sebald, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025

Abrahamian’s most riveting excursus tells the story of a Soviet vessel that was launched from a Finnish shipyard in 1975. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

Stylistically, some of the stories occasionally slip into excursus, a tell-don’t-show technique that is handy for unpacking scientific details or philosophical musings but risks sounding like a proof or a succession of lemmas. — Sheon Han, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2021

His process involves a series of sketches, long textual excursuses and model-making with his team. — Nikil Saval, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2020

There are long critical essays, short book reviews, reportage with a literary inflection, histories, missives, diary entries, aphorisms, parables, advice, dreams, a test, fictional excursus and, yes, lists. — Zachary Fine, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018