disquisition
Syllables: dis·qui·sit·ion/ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n/US/ˌdɪskwəˈzɪʃən/
disquisition noun: a methodical inquiry or investigation.
Noun
disquisition (plural disquisitions)
- A methodical inquiry or investigation.
- Near-synonym: inquisition
- Upon the subject of leases, as I wish to avoid all disquisitions which concern the kingdom at large, as much as the county of Lincoln in particular, it will be necessary only to remark, that great as have been improvements in it, I have not the least doubt they would have been much greater and more...1799, [Arthur Young], “Occupation”, in General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lincoln; Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. By the Secretary...
- Synonyms:
- inquisition
- 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.1759, Adam Smith, “Of the Beauty which the Appearance of Utility Bestows upon All the Productions of Art, and of the Extensive Influence of this Species of Beauty”, in The Theory of Moral Sentiments...
- It is only by considering the distance to which large quantities of these commodities are carried, […] that we can form any idea of the magnitude of the trade with India by land, and are led to perceive, that in a Disquisition concerning the various modes of conducting this commerce, it is well...1791, William Robertson, “Section III. Intercourse with India, from the Conquest of Egypt by the Mahomedans, to the Discovery of the Passage by the Cape of Good Hope, and the Establishment of the...
disquisition meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
disquisition in Tamil
- ஆய்வுரை, நீண்ட
disquisition in Bengali
- দীর্ঘ ও বিস্তারিত আলোচনা
disquisition in Malayalam
- dissertation, essay, treatise
- പ്രബന്ധം, ഉപന്യാസം, നിബന്ധം, ദീർഘോപന്യാസം, ഡിഗ്രിക്കായി സമർപ്പിക്കുന്ന പ്രബന്ധം, പ്രവാച്യം
disquisition in Kannada
- ಆರಯ್ತ, ಪೇರೊರೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- disquisition in Sanskrit
- क्रिया kriyā
Examples of disquisition in a sentence
- The usual accusation against [Robert] Browning is that he was consumed with logic; that he thought all subjects to be the proper pabulum of intellectual disquisition; […]1903 February, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “Browning in Early Life”, in Robert Browning (English Men of Letters), New York, N.Y.: The...
- Though the work pretends to no more than the elementary or institutionary character, some of the disquisitions do honor to both the author's ingenuity and his learning.1830 January, “Art. V.—Legal Outlines, being the Substance of a Course of Lectures now Delivering in the University of Maryland. By David...
- We are thankful to the author for sparing us learned historical disquisitions about the antiquity of Egypt.1908 December 12, “Some Christmas Books. [A Book about Egypt.]”, in Alfred Holman, editor, The Argonaut, volume LXIII, number 1655, San...
- In this disquisition of the third book Plato is concerned with the moral effects of artistic representation on the youth of his state.1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato”, in Donald W. Prakken, editor, Transactions and Proceedings of the American...
Synonyms of disquisition
Forms of disquisition
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Origin of disquisition
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).
Words formed from disquisition
Words that rhyme with disquisition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about disquisition
- What does disquisition mean?
- Disquisition means a methodical inquiry or investigation.
- What is disquisition in Tamil?
- Disquisition in Tamil is ஆய்வுரை, நீண்ட. See Disquisition meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use disquisition in a sentence?
- The usual accusation against [Robert] Browning is that he was consumed with logic; that he thought all subjects to be the proper pabulum of intellectual disquisition; […]
- What part of speech is disquisition?
- Disquisition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce disquisition?
- Disquisition is pronounced /ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disquisition?
- The plural of disquisition is disquisitions.
Words near disquisition in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disquisition (page history and authors); disquisition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Disquisition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disquisition (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); disquisition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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