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DISSERTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissertation mean? 

DISSERTATION (noun)
  The noun DISSERTATION has 1 sense:

1. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degreeplay

  Familiarity information: DISSERTATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISSERTATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dissertation; thesis

Hypernyms ("dissertation" is a kind of...):

treatise (a formal exposition)

Derivation:

dissertate (talk at length and formally about a topic)


 Context examples 


It is a research degree, involving the publication of an original contribution to scholarship in the form of a dissertation, that is for most purposes the equivalent of a Doctor of Philosophy in Theology or a similar discipline.

(Doctor of Theology, NCI Thesaurus)



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