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dissertationese

dissertationese noun: stilted language typical of a dissertation.

Noun

dissertationese (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word) Stilted language typical of a dissertation.

Origin of dissertationese

dissertation + -ese.

Questions about dissertationese

What does dissertationese mean?
Dissertationese means stilted language typical of a dissertation.
What part of speech is dissertationese?
Dissertationese is a noun.

Words near dissertationese in the dictionary

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

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