prolegomenon

noun

Definition of prolegomenonnext
as in discourse

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  1. discourse
  2. discussion
  3. study
  4. article
  5. exposition
  6. treatise
  7. essay
  8. text
Noun
  • Among them: Political discourse or any type of content that was classified as an opinion could not be refuted.
    Jorge Ramis, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
  • In a society where the highest earners were paying a marginal tax rate of 92 percent and union membership was peaking and the terror of climate change was unknown, neither class warfare nor concerns about carbon emissions animated the public discourse.
    Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of discourse
Noun
  • During the discussion, she was asked if she's ever been confused for another celebrity.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Previously, this carve-out was only available for discussions about keeping health and support groups limited to one gender.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of discussion
Noun
  • According to WalletHub's recent study on the best places to live, Florida ranked second.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • There are more than 36 species in the Semisulcospira genus, including 18 in Lake Biwa in Japan, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of study
Noun
  • Now In The Crosshairs Phishing attacks are getting ever more clever in their approach, as a recent news article highlighting how genuine Google security prompts are being used to scam victims to give up their account credentials revealed.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Listen to this article A number of schools in Connecticut have been affected by a widespread cybersecurity breach involving the PowerSchool Student Information System used by districts across the country and internationally.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of article
Noun
  • Three buildings survive from the exposition, among them the spectacular Palace of Fine Arts.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The exposition of a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Trump property in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day is now believed to be the result of suicide by an Army service member who had been struggling with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), according to the FBI.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of exposition
Noun
  • History of Peanut Butter Cookies In his agricultural treatise on peanuts, How To Grow the Peanut: And 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption, George Washington Carver, with the assistance of Tuskegee students, included three recipes for peanut butter cookies.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Ross’ film, like Whitehead’s novel, refuses to serve as a one-note cinematic treatise on Black trauma.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of treatise
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  • What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here? Series Reading lists, discussion guides, syllabi, pedagogical essays, and other free teaching resources for higher ed and secondary school faculty.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Her essays have been featured in Newsweek, Beautiful Things by River Teeth, The Wire, Memoir Land, Ochre Sky Stories, Five Minute Lit amongst others.
    Sanobar Sabah, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of essay
Noun
  • Axios has obtained a prepared text of his opening statement.
    Mike Allen, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • This poser is hard to work through when we are only given the text.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of text
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