theses
Graduate research papers
Theses is the plural of thesis.
A thesis is a proposition put forward for argument or proof, or more commonly, the substantial research paper required for an advanced academic degree: Her doctoral theses committee met last week.
The word also refers to the central claim of any sustained argument: The book advances several controversial theses about climate policy.
Extended academic treatise
- defenseProtection against harm
- vivaAcclaim meaning "live"
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- committeeAppointed group for duties
candidacy · doctorate · masters · graduate · university · advisor · examination · oral
Statement expressing a judgment
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
premise · conclusion · counterargument · rebuttal · defense · critique · rationale · justification
Formal procedural framework
- findingsConclusions from investigation
- literatureBody of written works
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
quantitative · investigation · data · results · study · review · journal · publication
Assumed starting point
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- suppositionBelief without proof
proposition · abstraction · paradigm · doctrine · tenet · framework · model · inference
dissertation
Extended academic treatise
- defenseProtection against harm
- vivaAcclaim meaning "live"
- supervisorOne who directs workers
committee · candidacy · doctorate · masters · graduate · university · advisor · examination · oral · submission
proposition
Statement expressing a judgment
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
stance · premise · conclusion · counterargument · rebuttal · defense · critique · rationale · justification · reasoning
methodology
Formal procedural framework
- findingsConclusions from investigation
- literatureBody of written works
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
qualitative · quantitative · investigation · data · results · study · review · journal · publication · citation
postulate
Assumed starting point
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- principleFundamental truth or standard
supposition · proposition · abstraction · paradigm · doctrine · tenet · framework · model · inference · generalization
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- library resourceslibrary, books, librarian, archive, archives
- pluralsmen, women, feet, mice, geese
thesesantitheses
Direct rhetorical opposites
antithesis · counterarguments · rebuttals · refutations · negations
thesesblog posts
Online journal entries
jottings · opinion pieces · journal entries · notes · musings
thesesevidence
Facts supporting truth
proofs · demonstrations · conclusions · premises · hypotheses
- these daysThe present period
- along these linesIn this fashion
- one of these daysAn unspecified future time
- doctoral thesisPhD-level scholarly manuscript
- thesis defenseOral examination of dissertation
- kids these daysDismissive phrase about younger generations
these, thesis, synthesis, hypothesis, antithesis, parenthesis, prosthesis, metathesis, syntheses