treatise
A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subjectA formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
» Tom's "treatise" was little more than a racist diatribe.
Meaning
1 sensesA formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
Abhandlung, Traktat
тракта́тtraktát, курсkurs, нау́чный трудnaúčnyj trud
тракта́тtraktát
a formal exposition
Examples
6 sentencesTom's "treatise" was little more than a racist diatribe.
Your artless attempt at a treatise is more like a diatribe.
deDein kunstloser Versuch einer Abhandlung gleicht eher einer Schmähschrift. — Yorwba
The definitive treatise was written by someone with no formal education in the subject.
deDie endgültige Abhandlung wurde von jemandem geschrieben, der keine formelle Ausbildung in dem Thema hatte. — Yorwba
Tom's treatise is beyond reproach.
At the age of twenty-one he wrote a treatise upon the Binomial Theorem, which has had a European vogue.
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Origin
From Middle English tretys, from Anglo-Norman tretiz and Old French traitis (“treatise, acFrom Middle English tretys, from Anglo-Norman tretiz and Old French traitis (“treatise, account”), from traitier (“to deal with, treat”).
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