What is another word for excursus?
Pronunciation:
[ ɛkskˈɜːsəs], [ ɛkskˈɜːsəs], [ ɛ_k_s_k_ˈɜː_s_ə_s]
Synonyms for Excursus:
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- summary .
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- approach .
- de bate ,
- de bates ,
- de liberation ,
- de liberations ,
- de-bate ,
- de-bates ,
- de-liberation ,
- de-liberations ,
- dis course ,
- dis courses ,
- dis-course ,
- dis-courses ,
- ex amination ,
- ex aminations ,
- ex change ,
- ex changes ,
- ex-aminations ,
- groupthinks ,
- inter view ,
- inter views ,
- inter-view ,
- inter-views ,
- re view ,
- re views ,
- re-view ,
- re-views .
Other synonyms:
- tangent .
- divergency .
- divergence .
Other relevant words:
- Discursion ,
- Errantry ,
- Pandect ,
- Tractate ,
- Tractation ,
- aberration ,
- apercu ,
- article ,
- bend ,
- bias ,
- byway ,
- causerie ,
- circling ,
- circuitry ,
- circularity ,
- circulation ,
- circumlocution ,
- corner ,
- crook ,
- curve ,
- declination ,
- deflection ,
- deflexion ,
- departure ,
- descant ,
- detour ,
- deviation ,
- discourse ,
- disquisition ,
- dissertation ,
- diversion ,
- dogleg ,
- double ,
- drift ,
- episode ,
- essay ,
- etude ,
- examination ,
- excursion ,
- exposition ,
- feature ,
- gyre ,
- hairpin ,
- homily ,
- indirection ,
- lucubration ,
- meandering ,
- memoir ,
- monograph ,
- morceau ,
- note ,
- obiter dictum ,
- orbit ,
- orbiting ,
- outline ,
- paper ,
- paragraph ,
- piece ,
- rambling ,
- research paper ,
- sheer ,
- shift ,
- shifting ,
- side remark ,
- sidetrack ,
- sketch ,
- skew ,
- slant ,
- spiral ,
- spiraling ,
- straying ,
- study ,
- substance ,
- supplement ,
- survey ,
- sweep ,
- swerve ,
- swerving ,
- swinging ,
- tack ,
- term paper ,
- theme ,
- thesis ,
- tract ,
- treatise ,
- treatment ,
- turn ,
- turning ,
- twist ,
- variation ,
- veer ,
- wandering ,
- warp ,
- yaw .
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How to use "Excursus" in context?
An excursus, often informally called an "outline," is a brief, detailed summary of a larger work, thought, or subject. In writing, an excursus can act as a before-the-point outline for a project, providing a roadmap of the author's thoughts. The term is also used in academia, where an excursus is a scholarly essay that takes a different tack from the main argument of the work it accompanies.
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