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noun, plural theses
[thee-seez] (Show IPA)
1.
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.
2.
a subject for a composition or essay.
3.
a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
4.
Music. the downward stroke in conducting; downbeat.
Compare arsis (def 1).
5.
Prosody.
a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus or stress. (less commonly) the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus. Compare arsis (def 2).
6.
Philosophy, See under Hegelian dialectic.
Origin
Middle English
Latin
Greek
1350-1400
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek thésis a setting down, something set down, equivalent to the- (stem of tithénai to put, set down) + -sis -sis
Can be confused antithesis, synthesis, thesis. dissertation, thesis.
Synonyms
1. theory, contention, proposal.
Hegelian dialectic noun 1. an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis) the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis)
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If the idea is from your thesis or dissertation, then the first author is almost always the student. There, she collected specimens for her undergraduate honors thesis on the micro-structure of domestic sheep bones. More important, several things that you'd expect to see if the deleveraging thesis were correct haven't happened.
British Dictionary definitions for thesis
thesis
[thee-seez] (Show IPA)
1.
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.
2.
a subject for a composition or essay.
3.
a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
4.
Music. the downward stroke in conducting; downbeat.
Compare arsis (def 1).
5.
Prosody.
a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus or stress. (less commonly) the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus. Compare arsis (def 2).
6.
Philosophy, See under Hegelian dialectic.
Origin
Middle English
Latin
Greek
1350-1400
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek thésis a setting down, something set down, equivalent to the- (stem of tithénai to put, set down) + -sis -sis
Can be confused antithesis, synthesis, thesis. dissertation, thesis.
Synonyms
1. theory, contention, proposal.
Hegelian dialectic noun 1. an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis) the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis)
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2014.
Cite This Source
Examples from the web for thesis
If the idea is from your thesis or dissertation, then the first author is almost always the student. There, she collected specimens for her undergraduate honors thesis on the micro-structure of domestic sheep bones. More important, several things that you'd expect to see if the deleveraging thesis were correct haven't happened.
British Dictionary definitions for thesis
thesis