dissertation
noun
[ ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a long essay on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree or diploma.
• "a dissertation on the novels of the Brontë sisters"
Similar:
essay,
thesis,
treatise,
paper,
study,
composition,
discourse,
disquisition,
tract,
monograph,
critique,
exposition,
criticism,
appraisal,
assessment,
discussion,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘discussion, debate’): from Latin dissertatio(n- ), from dissertare ‘continue to discuss’, from disserere ‘examine, discuss’.
