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dis?qui?si?tion? /?d?skw??z???n/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dis-kwuh-zish-uhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation.

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[Origin: 1595–1605; <>disqu?s?ti?n- (s. of disqu?s?ti?), equiv. to disqu?s?t(us) (ptp. of disqu?rere to investigate; dis- dis-¹ + quaerere to seek, ask) + -i?n- -ion]

—Related forms

dis?qui?si?tion?al, adjective

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