different between overarching vs transdiscursive

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?????t???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?v?????t???/, /?o?v?????k??/

Verb

overarching

1. present participle of overarch

Adjective

overarching (comparative more overarching, superlative most overarching)

1. That forms an overhead arch
2. (by extension) all-embracing or overwhelming

   Synonyms: all-embracing, all-encompassing

Translations

References

• “overarching”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

trans- +? discursive

Adjective

transdiscursive (not comparable)

1. Transcending or of overarching concern to multiple discourses.
   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN

     A Transdiscursive Man
     Foucault gave us the term 'transdiscursive', which describes how, for example, Foucault is not simply an author of a book, but the author of a theory, tradition or discipline.
     We can at least say that he was the instigator of a method of historical inquiry which has had major effects on the study of subjectivity, power, knowledge, discourse, history, sexuality, madness, the penal system and much else. Hence the term, “Foucaldian”.