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universe of discourse

noun as in frame of reference

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“It has broken down the universe of discourse of the old market style of economy and proven that there is no singe narrative that is suitable for the whole world.”

“It forces us to compare him to Dostoyevsky or John Ford, since for Balabanov what is important is not the social universe of discourse but the moral one.”

I am far from denying that, in the universe of discourse where Source is under consideration, the adjective is justifiable.

I sat silent, staring at Panhandle with wide eyes of astonishment, for I had no universe of discourse to which I could relate the strange things I was hearing.

Such contradictions, once more, show mind loyal to what students of logic are familiar with as the "universe of discourse."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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