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Universe of discourse   /jˈunəvˌərs əv dˈɪskɔrs/   Listen
Universe of discourse

noun
1.
Everything stated or assumed in a given discussion.  Synonym: universe.





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... disappears. The private affairs of this set are public matters, and public matters are its private, often its family affairs. The confinements of Margot Asquith like the confinements of royalty are, as the philosophers say, in much the same universe of discourse as a tariff bill ...
— Public Opinion • Walter Lippmann


Words linked to "Universe of discourse" :   content, cognitive content, mental object, universe


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