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thesis(dictionary)
thesis(dictionary)

thesis (iou)



thesis noun. . LME.
[Late Latin from Greek = putting, placing; a proposition, an affirmation, from the- base of tithenai put, place.]
I.
The syllable or part of a metrical foot that is unstressed (orig., Classical Prosody, by lowered pitch or volume); the stressed beat in barred music. Opp. ARSIS. LME.
II.
A proposition laid down or stated, esp. one maintained or put forward as a premiss in an argument, or to be proved; in Hegelian philosophy, a proposition forming the first stage in the process of dialectical reasoning (cf. ANTITHESIS, SYNTHESIS 2c); a statement, an assertion, a tenet. Formerly also, a general proposition of which a hypothesis forms a subordinate part (see HYPOTHESIS 2). L16.
Coleridge A sort of metre, the law of which is a balance of thesis and antithesis. H. Kushner The thesis of this book is that there is a..nourishment our souls crave.
b. A theme for a school exercise, composition, etc. rare. L18.
A dissertation to maintain and prove a thesis or proposition; esp. one written or submitted by a candidate as the sole or principal requirement for a University degree. L16.
A. Ghosh A PhD thesis on the textile trade..in the nineteenth century.
Comb.: thesis-novel = roman a these s.v. ROMAN noun3; thesis-play a play which intentionally posits a particular proposition or thesis, esp. a social or political one; = PI¨-E a THeSE.