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thesis

Definition

  • noun: a long piece of writing on a particular subject that is done to earn a degree at a university
  • noun: the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse
  • synonyms: statement, composition, proposition

Examples

  • The book's central 'thesis' is that propaganda influences the masses in important ways.

  • a master's/doctoral 'thesis' on the effects of global warming

  • She wrote her 'thesis' on Renaissance Nativity scenes.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - That sounds good. What if you interviewed your mom... about...what her dreams were about and you hired actors... to act them out? That might show your thesis more clearly... I mean it might... But then it would not be a documentary. - Excuse me. - Why would it not be a documentary? (..)
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