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n. A proposition that is maintained by argument.

n. A dissertation advancing an original point of view as a result of research, especially as a requirement for an academic degree.

n. A hypothetical proposition, especially one put forth without proof.

n. The first stage of the Hegelian dialectic process.

n. The long or accented part of a metrical foot, especially in quantitative verse.

n. The unaccented or short part of a metrical foot, especially in accentual verse.

n. Music The accented section of a measure.

n. A statement supported by arguments.

n. A written essay, especially one submitted for a university degree.

n. An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

n. The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; the opposite of arsis.

n. The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.

n. The part of the metrical foot upon which such a depression falls.

n. A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

n. Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.

n. An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

n. The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.

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n. The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.

n. The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.

n. The formulation in advance of a proposition to be proved; a position; a proposition which one advances and offers to maintain by argument against objections.

n. Hence An essay or dissertation upon a specific or definite theme, as an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree, as for that of doctor.

n. A theme; a subject propounded for a school or college exercise; the exercise itself.

n. A premise assumed and not proved, although not self-evident; either a postulate or a definition.

n. The consequent of a hypothetical proposition.

n. In musical rhythmics, a heavy accent, such as in beating time is marked by a down-beat. See rhythm.

n. In prosody: Originally, and in more correct recent usage, that part of a foot which receives the ictus, or metrical stress.

n. In prevalent modern usage, the metrically unaccented part of a foot. See arsis, 1.

n. In ancient rhetoric, a general question, not limited to special persons and circumstances: opposed to a hypothesis, or question which is so limited.

n. In rhetoric, the part of a sentence preceding and correlated to the antithesis.

n. Synonyms Topic, Point, etc. See subject.

n. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

n. an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

"But again, my main thesis is that we shouldn't have to choose whether or not to send our kids to a school 30 minutes away from home just because they have recess or art or new computers."

treatise    premise    assumption    premiss   

dissertation   

prosthesis    prothesis    synthesis    hypothesis    antithesis   

theses   

master's thesis    doctoral thesis   

statement    composition    proposition   

prosthesis    psychokinesis    rhesus   

dissertation    essay    hypothesis    axiom    proposition    meaning    concept    tenet    investigations    lecture