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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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Paper Undergraduate
American media bias in covering Islam and the Islamic world
Traditionally, the media has been viewed as impartial. Journalists are objective, while editorialists, essayists, and of course, writers of fiction, have subjective agendas or points-of-view.
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Paper Undergraduate
Philosophy and narrative in cinema
Attempts to explain the universe and the world around us have consumed the human race since at least the beginning of recorder history, and likely for millennia before that. Understanding reality, and even simply…
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Paper Undergraduate
Racial profiling and constitutional rights in the war on drugs
Info: "Blessed Unrest emphasizes issues pertaining to four different topics:
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Paper Undergraduate
Interpreting cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Paper Doctorate
Socrates' inquiry into piety in Plato's Euthyphro
Euthyphro demonstrates the true value of goodness in the sense of piety and holiness. This notion is important to both Socrates and Euthyphro sense they each have to attend respective trials in which these very notions are going to play an important role in deciding the outcome of these legal cases. The definition of these terms is exceedingly difficult to pinpoint, particularly due to Socrates' line of questioning of Euthyphro.
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Essay Doctorate
Mame Dennis's eccentricity versus solipsism in Patrick Dennis's novel
Auntie Mame: Solipsist or Just Eccentric?
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Paper Undergraduate
Dynamic inconsistency of low-inflation monetary policy
The lingering effects of the Great Recession of 2008 are still being felt in substantive ways across the global economy, and many observers are questioning the efficacy of the various stimulus methods that have been…
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Paper Undergraduate
Terrorism in the United States: operations, media interactions, and domestic threats
United States Terrorism - Operations and Training, Interactions with the Media, and Domestic Terrorism
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Paper Undergraduate
Paul Dickson's analysis of the Soviet Sputnik launch and Cold War space race
It was one of the most expensive and tense competitions in the history of the world. Government figures were made on the promise of its outcome, or their dedication to their sides advancements.
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Paper Undergraduate
The nature of truth: relativism, objectivity, and philosophical certainty
One cannot simply define the meaning of truth because it is so ambiguous. The word "truth" differs greatly from a word like "apple" that has an immediate visual connotation, and is easily and unequivocally defined.
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