thesis
noun
1 thesis
An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument.
Roget 454:
subject of thought,
material for thought;
food for the mind,
mental pabulum.
subject,
subject matter;
matter,
theme,
noemata [Gr.],
topic,
what it is about,
thesis,
text,
business,
affair,
matter in hand,
argument;
motion,
resolution;
head,
chapter;
case,
point;
proposition,
theorem;
field of inquiry;
moot point,
problem
etc.
(question)
461.
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Roget 514:
supposition,
assumption,
assumed position,
postulation,
condition,
presupposition,
hypothesis,
blue sky hypothesis,
postulate,
postulatum [Lat.],
theory;
thesis,
theorem;
data;
proposition,
position;
proposal
etc.
(plan)
626;
presumption
etc.
(belief)
484;
divination.
conjecture;
guess,
guesswork,
speculation;
rough guess,
shot,
shot in the dark [Coll.];
conjecturality†;
surmise,
suspicion,
sneaking suspicion;
estimate,
approximation
(nearness)
197.
inkling,
suggestion,
hint,
intimation,
notion,
impression;
bare supposition,
vague supposition,
loose supposition,
loose suggestion.
association of ideas,
(analogy)
514.1;
metonym [Gramm.],
metonymy [Gramm.],
simile
(metaphor)
521.
conceit,
idea,
thought;
original idea,
invention
(imagination)
515.
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Dutch: proefschrift, these, scriptie
Polish: teza
2 thesis
A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree.
synonym: dissertation.
Roget 595:
dissertation,
treatise,
essay;
thesis,
theme;
monograph,
tract,
tractate†,
tractation†;
discourse,
memoir,
disquisition,
lecture,
sermon,
homily,
pandect†;
excursus.
commentary,
review,
critique,
criticism,
article;
leader,
leading article;
editorial;
running commentary.
investigation
etc.
(inquiry)
461;
study
etc.
(consideration)
451;
discussion
etc.
(reasoning)
476;
exposition
etc.
(explanation)
522.
commentator,
critic,
essayist,
pamphleteer.
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Dutch: afstudeerproject, afstudeerscriptie, dissertatie, doctoraalscriptie, proefschrift, scriptie, thesis
Polish: dysertacja
phrase
Roget 14:
all concord's born of contraries"
[B. Jonson].
Thesis,
antithesis,
synthesis
[Marx].
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