Synonyms for "discursion" (86 found)

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Closest matches (18)

aberrancyaberrationafoot and lightheartedasidebendbiasbranching offbummingbypathbywaycircuitousnesscornercrookcurvedeclinationdeparturedetourdeviance

Strong matches (25)

deviancydeviationdeviousnessdigressiondivagationdivaricationdivergencediversiondoglegdoubledriftdriftingepisodeerrantryexcursionexcursusexorbitationflittinggaddinghairpin

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hoboismindirectionitineracyitinerancynomadism

Related words (43)

obliquityparenthesisperegrinationpererrationrambleramblingroamroamingroverovingsheershiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathside pathside roadsidetrackskewslant

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strayingsweepswerveswervingswingingtacktraipsingturnturningtwistvagabondagevagabondiavagabondismvagrancyvariationveerwanderingwanderjahrwanderlustwarpwayfaringyawzigzag

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etymologically related_to

4 entries

discurrediscurrentdiscursationdiscurse

has context

1 entries

philosophy

related to

5 entries

digressionhither and thitherhurriedlyintuitionratiocination

Translations

13 translations across 5 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• digressió noun (digression)

Finnish

1 entries

• diskurssi noun (philosophic reasoning)

French

4 entries

• digression noun (digression)
• discursion noun (philosophic reasoning)
• détours noun (digression)
• errance noun (roving about)

Italian

2 entries

• digressione noun (digression)
• vagabondagio noun (roving about)

Spanish

4 entries

• digresión noun (digression)
• discursión noun (philosophic reasoning)
• rodeo noun (digression)
• vagabundeo noun (roving about)

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