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INDIRECT DISCOURSE noun

Definition of indirect discourse (noun)

  1. a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.
    • "he said `I am a fool' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'")
    • antonym: direct discourse
Source: Princeton University Wordnet
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