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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 degree
Familiarity information: DISSERTATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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