prolegomenon

noun

Definition of prolegomenonnext
as in discourse

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  1. discourse
  2. discussion
  3. study
  4. article
  5. exposition
  6. treatise
  7. essay
  8. text
Noun
  • In addition to the talks, activities, and meals, attendees receive guidance through the increasingly noisy discourse on wellness.
    Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
  • For her part, Clark has disavowed the toxic discourse.
    Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of discourse
Noun
  • Yet in more recent discussions, the phase has taken a very subtle yet problematic tone.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Start With The Business Case AI often enters discussions as a solution looking for a problem.
    Charles Orlando, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of discussion
Noun
  • This fact, more than anything else about the study, set off my BS detector.
    Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 19 Dec. 2024
  • While the researchers intend to determine the optimal dietary intake of magnesium in future studies, Deo says a low daily intake is any amount below 300 mg per day.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of study
Noun
  • Have a great weekend, from the Essential California team Andrew J. Campa, reporter Carlos Lozano, news editor Check our top stories, topics and the latest articles on latimes.com.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • This article has been updated with comment from MDC Brooklyn.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of article
Noun
  • And each episode is glacially paced, with far too many exposition dumps.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • For a movie centered on the irrational, his version of the tale is substantially rationalized, with many exchanges and set pieces dramatically expanded to furnish the plot with more specific exposition and the characters with more explicit motives.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of exposition
Noun
  • Such is the world in which Amy Berryman’s intelligent and compassionate climate-disaster drama — named for Thoreau’s treatise (though not, as the title might suggest, an adaptation of it) and now receiving its New York premiere under Whitney White’s graceful direction at Second Stage — takes place.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Such would-be scientific treatises in fact functioned more like manifestos, and decisively influenced Eliot and Ezra Pound’s generation to favor a poetics of the objective sensuous image over one of the dramatic declamatory mood.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of treatise
Noun
  • Help your student reflect on their academic journey in their college essays.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In her essay for the Cut, Jay does not name or express bitterness toward Grande or Slater.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of essay
Noun
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Christina Long, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In the course of online text conversations, Air Canada's customer service chatbot told customers inaccurate refund policy information.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2024
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