Plural of 'dissertation'; formal scholarly or learned treatises, typically long written works or formal discussions on a subject.
From Latin dissertatio (from dissertatus), with the regular English plural -s. The word entered English via academic and scholarly contexts.
Millions of dissertations sit in university libraries unread—yet they represent humanity's most systematic attempts to advance knowledge, field by field, one obsessed researcher at a time.
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