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[ noun ] an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
Examples "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic" "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)For we have said , in_effect , that of the two alternatives to his position variously represented by the other participants in the demythologizing discussion , only one is really an alternative . It will be recalled from the discussion in Section 7 that the position of the `` right '' , as represented by Barth , rests_on the following thesis : The only tenable alternative to Bultmann 's position is a theology that ( 1 ) rejects or at_least qualifies his unconditioned demand for demythologization and existential interpretation ; ( 2 ) accepts instead a special biblical hermeneutics or method of interpretation ; and ( 3 ) in so doing , frees itself to give appropriate emphasis to the event Jesus_Christ by means of statements that , from Bultmann 's point_of_view , are mythological . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)There are of_course many Souths ; but for this discussion the most important division is between those who have been reconstructed and those who have n't . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Discussions of the giants one_by_one will include , as_far_as_possible , data on these aspects of growth : (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)One growth center in a short_bone - distal phalanx of the second finger - was chosen as an example for discussion here , primarily because epiphyseal diaphyseal fusion , the maturity indicator for Completion in long and short_bones , occurs in this center for girls near the menarche and for boys near their comparable pubescent stage . Related terms communication detail consideration talk expansion dilation discourse |
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[ noun ] an exchange of views on some topic
Synonyms Examples "we had a good discussion" "we had a word or two about it" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)Instead , the audience can sit_back at_ease and , from the perspective of an enlightened time which no_longer believes_in such things , enjoy the dead seriousness with which the characters in the play take the witches and devils which are under discussion . For all involved in this discussion the devil is a real entity who can really be confronted in the woods on a dark night , the demon world is populated with real creatures , and witches actually can be seen flying through the air . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)The Church_Unity_Octave , January 18 - 25 , was enthusiastically devoted to prayer and discussion by the various churches . A notable example of this was the discussion of Christian unity by the Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool , Dr._Heenan , and the Anglican Archbishop of York , Dr._Ramsey , recently appointed Archbishop of Canterbury . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)However , readers who accept Freud 's findings and believe that he has solved completely the mystery of dreams , should ponder over the following words in his Interpretation_Of_Dreams , Chapter 1 , : `` as_a_matter_of_fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in_any_case , and what_is_more , every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain , nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams '' . |
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