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Thesis

A subject for a composition, or the theme for an essay; compare antithesis, see rhetorical forms. Also, a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus or stress; see foot, verse. Also, the downward stroke, or the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus ; see strophe. Also, formal writing that incorporates original research on a subject, such as discourse, treatise, exposition, disquisition, tractate, exegesis, dissertation; see monograph, grey literature, DAI, hermeneutics, opus, compare desideratum. Also, a proposition stated for consideration, as one to be discussed and proved, or as one to be maintained against objections ; derived from "the act of setting down".

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