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Ironically, the definition of the term “definition essay” is not very specific.  Definition essays are short pieces of writing on a particular topic.  However, not every essay on a topic can be properly labeled a definition essay.  Instead, a definition essay is an attempt to describe the topic thoroughly enough for the reader to understand it very well and might be compared to an encyclopedia entry for the topic.  Any of our example essays could provide a good start on a definition essay about the topic.  However, we have collected a sample of our best definition essays and included them below to help you explore the genre.  

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Female Offenders in State and Federal Prisons: A Comparative Study
¶ … delineation of the research hypotheses. The chapter will conclude with an outline of the remaining chapters.
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Why I Chose Nursing: Personal Reflections and Career Goals
This essay gives a perspective on nursing that is taken from a Jamaican immigrant woman. This essay explains how coming from a large family served as motivation for choosing nursing as a career. Also Jean Watson's theory on caring is addressed as a significant influence on this decision as well. The benefits of nursing are also discussed such as money and scheduling.
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Olympic Poster Art History: Style, Color, and Society
¶ … history of Olympic posters. The author explores five of the previous Olympic posters and comments on the use of color and art within the era that they were developed. The author explores the history of the Olympic…
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Executive Privilege: Definition, History, and Controversy
After Vietnam and Watergate, the issue of executive privilege had not registered much of a blip on the radar. However, the recent Enron scandal has allowed Congress to question the validity of the executive privilege…
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The Dark Ages: Ireland, Arthurian Legend & Chivalric Code
The Dark Ages is considered a lot point in the history of civilization as it bridges the gap between the Fall of Rome and the Italian Renaissance. However, there were some outgrowths of the Dark Ages that were very positive. This report covers the act of Ireland to maintain Roman Catholicism and the advent of chivalry and King Arthur and how both of those remain very present today.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: A Book Review
Stephen R. Covey was born in 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah; he has his undergraduate degree (in business administration) from the University of Utah, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a Doctorate in Religious…
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Can Computers Think? AI, Consciousness, and Machine Limits
People have long wondered if computers have the capability to think without programs. This paper demonstrates that computers cannot think as they lack the necessary human capabilities. In the paper it is shown that computers cannot perform any functions without having programs. Programmers and engineers have to develop the programs and rules that a computer would use. These rules have to obeyed and in case it is faced with a situation out of its scope the computer does not have a conscious, which shows it cannot think.
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Training, Learning Organizations, and Workforce Development
The objectives of training include enhancement of knowledge, skills and attitude. Knowledge is the body of facts and principles accumulated my mankind in course of time. It is a complex of several related ideas.
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E-Commerce Communications: Types, Technologies & Global Reach
Electronic commerce or e-commerce is the term used to describe all forms of information exchange and business transactions based on information and communication technologies. There are different types of formal…
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Freud vs. Skinner: Psychoanalysis and Behaviorism Compared
Sigmund Freud and B.F. Skinner are two of the most important theorists within the history of psychology and psychological development as a theory, but perhaps no two thinkers have developed psychological systems of…