Definition of "essayistic" [essayistic]

• Of or relating to an essay or a writer of essays. (adjective)
• Resembling an essay in nature or quality. (adjective)

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• "Christian, I just have to add — your bile toward the essayistic is amusing because your posts are the most essayistic of all us bloggers; like old-school LP, you compartmentalize the essayistic and the performative."
• "I think blogs can do this in individual posts, but I also think they can do it in their totality — I mean, if you consider the entire output of a blogger you really like, chances are you’ll see the kind of essayistic thinking you describe here."
• "He presented the history of the Roman liturgy in an interesting, essayistic way and by this he presented a popular and profound analysis of the liturgical problem."