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A Discursive formation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a regularity between objects, statements, concepts, and thematic choices.

A Discursive formation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a scientific discipline phrased in such a way to point out that disciplines take form out of a coherent group of discourses that is regulated by specific historical and social practices.

A Discursive formation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠defined by the contradictory discourses it contains. Tolerance for contradiction is a sign of its stability.

A Discursive formation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠defined not merely on what a discourse includes as legitimate objects of knowledge (things to think about ) and objects of governmental practices (possible points of intervention), but also, and perhaps even more so, by what it excludes.

A Discursive formation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the analysis of particular institutions and their ways of establishing orders of truth, or what is accepted as 'reality' in a given society'.