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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
Kuhn's distinction between paradigms and theories in scientific practice
¶ … Interdisciplinary Approaches to Learning)
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Research Paper Undergraduate
Ethnocentrism and symbolic interactionism in American society
On September 11, 2001, not only did a major tragic event occur on American soil that resulted in the loss of thousands of innocent civilians, but it was also an event that American President George W.
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Research Paper Undergraduate
Legalization of prostitution in contemporary society
Man has evolved, from times immemorial, because of certain instinctual traits. Each of these is to ensure the survival and spread of the species. The need to eat and find shelter is instinctual.
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Paper Doctorate
The rise and measurement of American divorce rates through the twentieth century
In the 1950s when many marriages were starting out in the suburbs after World War II, the divorce rate was rising, but not a major concern. Flash forward ten years to the 1960s, and that dramatically changed.
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Thesis Undergraduate
Applying servant leadership and distributed leadership in middle schools
The concept of distributed leadership in the educational setting
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Research Paper Undergraduate
God's nature and morality in Western philosophy
Belief in a Supreme Being is ubiquitous among virtually all human cultures throughout the world. Western religious traditions rely on the concepts of a single, judgmental, punitive (but also benevolent) God.
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Research Paper Undergraduate
Caching trust versus hoarding content in cyber foraging systems
¶ … Distribution Systems with a Concentration on Cyber Foraging
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Research Paper Undergraduate
Narrative complexity and commercial ambition in Irving's Sleepy Hollow
In "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the narrator subjects the reader to turns and twists of a subtle nature, in which our narrator only teasingly reveals the exploits of each covert storyteller wishes to disclose.
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Paper Undergraduate
Life after execution: perspectives of death row families
Life After Execution -- Perspectives of the Families
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Research Paper Doctorate
Community oriented policing versus problem oriented policing effectiveness
There are a number of fundamental concepts that are important in understanding the role and responsibility of modern policing in contemporary industrialized societies. These include the idea that "...
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