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TREATISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A formal exposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("treatise" is a kind of...):
piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "treatise"):
dissertation; thesis (a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree)
pamphlet; tract (a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet)
monograph (a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject)
Context examples:
To avoid which censure I fear I have run too much into the other extreme; and that if this treatise should happen to be translated into the language of Brobdingnag (which is the general name of that kingdom,) and transmitted thither, the king and his people would have reason to complain that I had done them an injury, by a false and diminutive representation.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
She carried a little book in her pocket, not much larger than a Sanson’s Atlas; it was a common treatise for the use of young girls, giving a short account of their religion: out of this she taught me my letters, and interpreted the words.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
