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thesisize
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The-sis-iz v. pl. thea-sis-izs (-sz) |
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ETYMOLOGY: |
Latin, collection, from Greek, from tithenai, to put; see dh |
MEANING: | The act of developing a Thesis from the synthesis of contraries to, and analysis of, observations of physical and/or behavioral reality with postulates (the accepted truths to reason on) clearly stated. FUNCTION: The process of developing conclusions with logical truth value based on verifiable observations of physical and/or behavioral reality. |
Example | Thesisize the results of your synthesis of the contraries (apposing arguments) to the analysis of the observations of the inner city decline of civilized behavior. |
thesis
SYLLABICATION: |
The-sis n. pl. theaÂ-sis-izs (-sz) |
PRONUNCIATION: |
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ETYMOLOGY: |
Latin, collection, from Greek, from tithenai, to put; see dh |
thea-sis[thee-sis] Show IPA
noun, plural
theaÂ-ses
[thee-seez] Show IPA .
1. a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war. 5. Prosody . a. a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus or stress. b. (less commonly) the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus. Compare arsis ( def 2 ) . 6. Philosophy , See under Hegelian dialectic.
Origin:
1350 - 1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek thea-sis a setting down, something set down, equivalent to the- (stem of tithea-nai to put, set down) + -sis -sis
Can be confused: 1. antithesis, synthesis,
thesis ;
2. dissertation, thesis .
Synonyms
1. theory, contention, proposal.
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Hegelian dialectic
noun
an interpretive
method, originally used to relate specific entities or events
to the absolute idea, in which some
assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible
and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis) the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level
of truth by a third proposition (synthesis)
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