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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: dissertatio, from dissertare 'to discuss'

dissertation

 noun
     
Related topics: College
dis‧ser‧ta‧tion [countable]
SECTC a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree
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