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dissertation

[dis-er-tey-shuhn]

noun

  1. a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

  2. any formal discourse in speech or writing.



dissertation

/ ˌɪəˈٱɪʃə /

noun

  1. a written thesis, often based on original research, usually required for a higher degree

  2. a formal discourse

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dissertational adjective
  • dissertationist noun
  • ˌ徱ˈٲپDzԲ adjective
  • ˌ徱ˈٲپDzԾ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dissertation1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin 徱پō-, stem of 徱پō, equivalent to dissert + -ation
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We had a dissertation written by a professor of sociology on how the best way to govern would be.

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The 1930s collection, which included a copy of Turing's PhD dissertation, went under the hammer in Etwall in Derbyshire on Tuesday.

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Mallon, a distinguished man of letters, moved to Manhattan at 32, holding a PhD from Harvard and a dissertation that became his acclaimed 1984 book, “A Book of One’s Own.”

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Bradley, who wrote her doctoral dissertation on the Real ID Act, suspects that many Americans will opt to travel with their passport or other forms of acceptable identification rather than obtain a Real ID.

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In 1993 I was a graduate student struggling to write a dissertation on colonial California.

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