Discourse

1
archaic : the capacity of orderly thought or procedure : rationality

2
: verbal interchange of ideas; especially : conversation

3
a : formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject
b : connected speech or writing
c : a linguistic unit (as a conversation or a story) larger than a sentence

4
obsolete : social familiarity

5
: a mode of organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts (as history or institutions) <critical discourse>