treatise
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tɪs noun
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a formal work on a subject, esp one that deals systematically with its principles and conclusions |
| 2. | an obsolete word for narrative |
| [C14: from Anglo-French tretiz, from Old French tretier to | |
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Treatise
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Word Origin & History
treatise
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. tretiz (c.1250), contracted from O.Fr. traiteiz, from Gallo-Romance *tractaticius, from L. tractare "to deal with" (see treat).
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Example sentences
These were scientists, and they wrote an actual treatise on how long it would take for humanity to be wiped out by zombies.
Largely a scholarly treatise, the book sets out to explore what gossip is, how it works and how it has changed over the centuries.
So what this thread has turned into is a treatise on elitism.
In other words, it is as literature and not as a scientific treatise that ideal commonwealths should be considered.
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