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disquisitions

disquisitions is the plural of disquisition.

Meaning of disquisition

Noun

disquisition (plural disquisitions)

  1. A methodical inquiry or investigation.
    • Near-synonym: inquisition
    Synonyms:
    inquisition
  2. 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...

Questions about disquisitions

What is disquisitions the plural of?
Disquisitions is the plural of disquisition.

Words near disquisitions in the dictionary

  1. disquietude
  2. disquietudes
  3. disquisition
  4. disquisitional
  5. disquisitionary
  6. disquisitions
  7. disquisitive
  8. disquisitively
  9. disquisitor
  10. disquisitorial
  11. disquisitors

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