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dissertational

dissertational adjective: resembling or pertaining to dissertations.

Adjective

dissertational (comparative more dissertational, superlative most dissertational)

  1. Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
    • Its only value consists in some dissertational notes at the end on the literature of charity, population, pauperism, political economy, and Protestantism.1852 July, “Contemporary Literature of America”, in The Westminster Review, page 154
    • Charlotte's dissertational research focused on children's fairy tales and during her appointment as an instructor at Dresden Technical College, she continued her systematic research of literature, focusing on adolescent psychology […]1992, Sheldon Gardner, Red Vienna and the Golden Age of Psychology, 1918-1938, page 201

Forms of dissertational

comparativemore dissertational
superlativemost dissertational

Origin of dissertational

From dissertation + -al.

Questions about dissertational

What does dissertational mean?
Dissertational means resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
What part of speech is dissertational?
Dissertational is an adjective.

Words near dissertational in the dictionary

  1. dissertate
  2. dissertated
  3. dissertates
  4. dissertating
  5. dissertation
  6. dissertational
  7. dissertationese
  8. dissertationist
  9. dissertationists
  10. dissertations
  11. dissertative

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