Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dissertational

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-ser-ta-tion-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.

Example Sentences

"Its only value consists in some dissertational notes at the end on the literature of charity, population, pauperism, political economy, and Protestantism."
"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 […]"
"Counting words or lines compromises comparability across constitutions since the diversity of languages and juridical cultures means there are different literary styles, so that some constitutions are more dissertational […]"

Etymology

From dissertation + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dissertation

Inflected Forms

more dissertational (comparative) most dissertational (superlative)

Questions

What does dissertational mean?: Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
Where does dissertational come from?: From dissertation + -al.

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