He does not, in short, write with the candor of a man who is completely confident of his thesis.
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Thesis
/ˈθiːsɪs/
Synonyms for "thesis" (241 found)
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Noun(8 words)
a priori principleaccentaccentuationaffirmationalexandrineamphibrachamphimaceranacrusisanapestantispastapercuapriorismargumentargumentationarsisarticleassertionassumed positionassumptionaxiom
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Strong matches (72)
creticcycledactyldactylic hexameterdatadescantdiaeresisdiastoledimeterdipodydiscoursediscussiondisquisitiondissertationdochmiacdoctrinedownbeatelegiacelegiac coupletelegiac pentameter
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emphasisepitriteessayetudeexaminationexcursusexpositionfeaturefeminine caesurafirst approachfirst principlesfootfoundationgrammatical accentgroundguessworkheptameterheptapodyheroic couplethexameterhexapodyhomilyhypothesishypothesis ad hociambiambiciambic pentameterictusideainferenceintonationintonation patternintroductory studyionicjinglelemmaliltlucubrationmajor premisemasculine caesurameasurememoirmetermetrical accent
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(4 words)
essential ideaformal setting forthheavy thrustlong thrust
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metrical footmetrical groupmetrical unitmetronminor premisemolossusmonographmoramorceaumovementnotenotionnumbersopinionoutlinepaeonpandectpaperparagraphpentameter
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pentapodyperiodphilosophemephilosophical propositionpiecepitch accentpointpositpositionpostulatepostulationpostulatumpreceptpreliminary studypremisepremisspresumptionpresupposalpresuppositionproceleusmaticprolegomenonpropositionpropositional functionpulsepyrrhicquantityresearch paperrevolutionrhetorical accentrhythmrhythmical accentrotationroundscreedsentimentsseriesset of postulatessketchspecial articlespellspondeesprung rhythmstatementstressstress accentstress arsisstudysubjectsumptionsupposalsupposingsuppositionsurmisesurveyswingsystolesyzygyterm papertetrametertetrapodytetrasemethemetheoremtheorythreadtone accenttopictracttractatetreatisetreatmenttribrachtrimetertripodytrisemetrocheetruth tabletruth-functiontruth-valueturnupbeatviewviewswheelworking hypothesis
Noun(14 words)
monographoverarching ideapoint conceptpronouncementspropositionpropoundingscholarly workstatementtashmitumtheme statementthesis statementtreatiseunderlying premiseuniversity-style exercise
Adjective(1 words)
short thrust
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5 entriesbachelor thesiscentral claimdoctoral thesismain conclusionmain premise
Collocations
6 entriesbachelor thesisgraduate thesisthesis advisorthesis defensethesis proposalthesis statement
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.
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I'll need at least three days to translate that thesis.
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This data is for my thesis.
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