Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties Division (II) Communication of Ideas Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas 3. Written Language 595. Dissertation.
NOUN: DISSERTATION, treatise, essay; thesis, theme; tract, tractate, tractation [obs. ]; discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect, digest; excursus.inquiry ) [See Inquiry ]; study (consideration ) [See Thought ]; discussion (reasoning ) [See Reasoning ]; exposition (explanation ) [See Interpretation ].COMMENTARY, commentation, review, critique, criticism, article; leader, leading article; editorial; running commentary.COMMENTATOR, critic, essayist, pamphleteer, publicist, reviewer, leader writer, editor, annotator. VERB: COMMENT, explain, interpret, criticize, illuminate; dissert [rare ] -, descant -, write -, touch- upon a subject; treat of -, take up -, ventilate -, discuss -, deal with -, go into -, canvass -, handle -, do justice to- a subject; show the true inwardness of. ADJECTIVE: DISQUISITIONAL, disquisitive, disquisitionary [rare ]; expository, commentarial, commentatorial, critical.DISCURSIVE, discoursive, digressive, desultory.
