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Disquisition

//ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A methodical inquiry or investigation.

    "Near-synonym: inquisition"

  2. 2
    an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion wordnet
  3. 3
    A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.

    "Upon this account political diſquiſitions, if juſt, and reasonable, and practicable, are of all the works of ſpeculation the most uſeful."

Etymology

Borrowed from French disquisition (“disquisition”), from Latin disquīsītiō (“inquiry, investigation”), from disquīrō (“to investigate”) (from dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, asunder’) + quaerō (“to look for, seek; to inquire, question”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to an action or the result of an action).

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