Definition

1. Verb:
   • To deliberate, to debate, to discuss: To consider or examine a topic, issue, or text through reasoned argument, analysis, and evaluation. It involves presenting and weighing different viewpoints, often in a formal or structured manner.
   • To dissert, to discourse: To write or speak about a subject in a detailed, analytical, and logical way, typically to explain or argue a point.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ đang nghị luận về các vấn đề xã hội quan trọng. (They are deliberating on important social issues.)
  • Bài báo này nghị luận sâu sắc về tác động của công nghệ. (This article debates the impact of technology in depth.)
  • Trong buổi hội thảo, các học giả cùng nghị luận về tác phẩm văn học. (At the seminar, scholars disserted on the literary work together.)

Advanced Usage

• "văn nghị luận": This is a compound term for "argumentative/discursive essay" or "dissertation". It refers to a formal genre of writing that uses logic and reasoning to discuss a topic.
  • Anh ấy viết một bài văn nghị luận rất thuyết phục. (He wrote a very persuasive argumentative essay.)
• "nhà nghị luận": This is a compound term for "essayist" or "dissertator", referring to a person who writes discursive essays or commentaries.
  • Ông ấy được biết đến như một nhà nghị luận chính trị sắc sảo. (He is known as a sharp political essayist.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghị luận functions primarily as a verb. The related compound terms mentioned above (văn nghị luận, nhà nghị luận) are specific nouns derived from its usage.

Synonyms

• Thảo luận (to discuss): To talk about something with others, often less formal than "nghị luận".
• Bàn luận (to deliberate, to confer): To consider or discuss something carefully.
• Phân tích (to analyze): To examine methodically, a key component of "nghị luận".
• Tranh luận (to argue, to debate): To exchange opposing views, often more contentious.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nghị luận về + [topic]: To deliberate/discourse on [a topic].
  • Chúng ta cần nghị luận về giải pháp cho biến đổi khí hậu. (We need to deliberate on solutions for climate change.)

Related Idioms

• While "nghị luận" itself is not typically used in idiomatic expressions, the concept is central to phrases about reasoned discussion, such as "lấy lý lẽ để bàn" (to use reasoning to discuss), which captures its essence.

verb

1. to deliberate, to debate