Definition of dicision
1. discussion [ n ] 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"
(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 .
Synonyms discussion treatment discourse Related Terms communication detail consideration talk expansion dilation discourse2. discussion [ n ] an exchange of views on some topic
Examples:
"we had a good discussion"
"we had a word or two about it"
(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 '' .
Synonyms discussion word give-and-take Related Terms speech argument conference negotiation panel_discussion deliberation public_discussion postmortem discussSimilar Spelling
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