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treatise

treatise

19 8.4
A long, detailed written work that explains a subject
  • noun
  • /ˈtriːtɪs/
  • Formal
translation icon : tratado
  • In his treatise on democracy, the author explores the role of citizens in government.
  • write a treatise
  • philosophical treatise
  • alchemical treatises

It's exceptional, but it's a beautiful treatise on dreaming and lucid dreaming.

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Examples

  • The first big treatise in metaphysics is Aristotle's Metaphysics.

  • A treatise on co-ed education.

  • Have you read his treatise on suicide?

  • I could write a better treatise on sculpture myself.

  • I was impressed with your treatise on the Roman rituals.

  • "I'm a professor of English literature at a university in the States, doing a treatise on the village novel."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Or Amartya Sen makes the same claim in his great treatise on freedom and development.

  • The concept of time has been the subject of many treatises from several perspectives for many centuries.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • It's exceptional, but it's a beautiful treatise on dreaming and lucid dreaming.

  • That's John Locke's Treatises of Government.

Synonyms

thesis
vstreatise
  • Specialized
81 6.9

A long piece of writing based on research for a university degree

often serves a general systematic argument rather than solely meeting degree rules
dissertation
vstreatise
47 7.7

A long piece of writing for a university degree that shows the writer's research and results

aims at a formal systematic study for general readers not degree submission
monograph
vstreatise
  • Specialized
7 9.3

A long, detailed written study about one subject, often by one author

is more about broad systematic treatment across the whole subject
tractate
vstreatise
  • Formal
9.9

A long written work about a serious or religious subject

is a longer systematic and detailed study of the subject
summae
vstreatise
  • Archaic
9.9

Long, careful books that explain complex subjects from the Middle Ages

organizes and explores a subject systematically rather than summarizing it
tractus
vstreatise
  • Archaic
9.9

A short pamphlet that gives information or argues a point

is a full formal systematic treatment rather than a brief pamphlet

How Detailed

treatise
  • Formal
19 8.4
monograph
  • Specialized
7 9.3
article
  • Literature
1.0
essay
481 2.8
note
1.0

Surface Forms

treatise singular
treatises plural

Etymology

Treatise comes from a root that means 'to handle' or 'to deal with', and it is related to the common verb treat. So a treatise is a long, formal piece of writing that carefully 'handles' or explains a subject.