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digression
[ dih-gresh-uhn, dahy- ]
noun
- the act of digressing.
Synonyms: ,
- a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.
Synonyms: ,
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱·sDz· 徱·sDz·y adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of digression1
Example Sentences
Curiously enough, one could argue that all histories can be reduced to family histories — with all their inconsistencies and digressions.
But the book’s circuitous, meandering structure, including a major digression about one of Siegfried’s sisters, tests the reader’s patience.
Shoehorning these random digressions into the film without any additional context to surmise their meaning just feels like Perkins is doing weird for weirdness’ sake.
Outside of his core group of devotees, audiences didn’t know what to make of its trippy horror, absurdist humor and often frustrating digressions.
She had only just started wearing jeans, she told me with a shy look, afraid that he would take offense to such a digression.
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