dissertation
noun
dis·ser·ta·tion
ˌdi-sər-ˈtā-shən 
: an extended usually written treatment of a subject
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He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th-century poet.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
My 1962 dissertation on Emmanuel Mounier and the liberal crisis within French Catholicism demanded a level of Francophone reading that has greatly diminished.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
His master’s thesis was a work for a choir and orchestra and his doctoral dissertation at the University of Oxford in England was a composition for a choir.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
In navigating Barnes’s approach to African art, Gopnik relies heavily on the scholarship of Alison Boyd, author of a dissertation on Barnes and the director of research and interpretation at the Barnes Collection.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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dissertation
noun
dis·ser·ta·tion
ˌdis-ər-ˈtā-shən
: a long usually written treatment of a subject
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