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What is the noun for discourse?

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discourse
  1. (uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.
  2. (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
  3. (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
  4. (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
  5. (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
  6. (obsolete) Dealing; transaction.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Just a short discourse and then this topic is closed on my blog henceforth.”
      “However, we are not optimistic given the trends in current political discourse surrounding debate of issues such as the foreshore.”
discourser
discoursing
discoursings
  1. plural of discoursing
discoursers
discourses
  1. plural of discourse
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The four-day opening ceremony was packed with havans, aratis, kirtans, bhajans, as well as spiritual and philosophical discourses.”
      “In the same discourses, women are defined through domesticity where women are reduced to reproducers of race, nation or ethnic group.”
      “He looks at the Gospel's theology, language, and relationship of narratives to Jesus' discourses and explores the unique Johannine Passion story.”
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