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DIVAGATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)play

Example:

a deflection from his goal

Synonyms:

deflection; deflexion; deviation; digression; divagation; diversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("divagation" is a kind of...):

turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "divagation"):

red herring (any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue)

Derivation:

divagate (lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A message that departs from the main subjectplay

Synonyms:

aside; digression; divagation; excursus; parenthesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("divagation" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Derivation:

divagate (lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking)

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