disquisition
- n an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
- Obama wanders into a casual disquisition about the sluggish nature of democracy.
- In the middle of a disquisition on libertarianism, Huckabee pauses to praise the musician Cher for tours that are "an amazing blend of rock concert, circus and fashion show.
- Wolf Blitzer had crashed through Bill Richardson's blowsy, high-minded disquisition on the need to observe human rights in Pakistan, with the question, "What you're saying .