disquisition
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃən/
- Formal
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disquisición
- As soon as Edward saw the sign, he started a disquisition on the phenomenon of the flea market in contemporary southern culture.
Examples
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On March 31, 1971, Rosenthal sent another memo to several top editors that reads as much as a disquisition on the ethics of journalism as it does a directive to his staff:
Academic text (2017) -
As the telephone conversation had indicated, his disquisition concerned Expo, the Universal International Exhibition of 1958.
Fiction book (1994) -
His disquisitions on the relationship between morality and values are found mostly in his sociological writing on religion.
Academic text (2004) -
Mostly I adore Oliver Sacks's disquisitions on the brain, but I ingested his tome.
Academic text (2010) -
A doctor of the author's acquaintance in a village outside of the city of Shiraz once went into a long disquisition on the difficulties of living in what he assessed as a corrupt world: PREFORMATTED TABLE
Academic text (2003) -
Though I mention this to declare an interest, I rather like Khilnani's slender volume, an amiable disquisition on Indian modernity structured as four essays on democracy, political economy, urbanization, and Indian identity.
Academic text (1998) -
The professor delivered an engaging disquisition on the effects of climate change during the seminar.
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In her disquisition on the evolution of art, she explored its cultural significance over the centuries.
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His disquisition on the philosophy of science examined the relationship between knowledge and truth.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
disquisition = dis + quisit + ion
Although the prefix 'dis-' and suffix '-ion' are visible, the central root 'quisit' is not a standalone English word and the meaning 'long, detailed discussion' is not directly derivable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Disquisition comes from an old Latin verb disquirere, built from dis- 'apart' and quaerere 'to seek'. So, like the same root in inquire, a disquisition is a long, careful 'seeking', a detailed discussion or essay that searches deeply into a subject.