dissertation
noun
a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
dissertational
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a word derived from
dissertation.
Example Sentences
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The dissertational department is equally faulty; for to first impressions everything on earth is chameleon-like.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
From these brief notices it will be seen that terza rima during the Renaissance period was reserved for dissertational, didactic and satiric themes, the Capitoli of the burlesque poets being parodies of grave scholastic lucu-173-brations.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
