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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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Management style in Australian organic farming
¶ … management style for an entire country simply because there are too many possible variables. The citizens of a nation as large as Australia vary greatly from one individual to another - and even a single manager…
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Italian-American health and cultural assimilation in nursing practice
The standard history of the Italian-American experience, La Storia by Jerre Mangione and Ben Morreale, speaks of the "five hundred year" span of that experience.
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Max Weber's theory of state monopoly on legitimate violence and modern terrorism
The people today are living in a new-fangled, unmatched and exceptional age of terrorism. The pioneer of modern sociology, Max Weber, defined state as "a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory" (as qtd. in Whitehead 2007). He puts emphasis on the point that a state can only exist in a meaningful manner if it has the power to use violence as a sole source of the right. He considers that "the right to use physical force is ascribed to other institutions or to individuals only to the extent to which the state permits it" (as qtd. in Whitehead 2007). However, sociologists before Marx have linked the monopoly of violence with the indispensable task of the state in the wake of its daily manifestations that are several in numbers (Whitehead 2007).
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Compatibilism as the resolution to the free will debate
Philosophical views on free will are discussed, with specific reference to how the idea of God may be involved. Views are divided into determinism, libertarianism, and compatibilism, with the last of these being endorsed. Determinists examine free will—the human capacity to choose a course of action from different ethically-weighted possibilities—and decide that every cause has a prior cause, and thus free will is a myth. Libertarians examine free will, and decide that determinism is a myth. Meanwhile compatibilists examine determinism and libertarianism and find some middle route whereby the two possibilities can be made consistent with each other. The paper concludes that the free will debate itself could be effortlessly recast as a debate about theology, in which few of the participants seem aware of the fact that they are engaged in theological debate.
Paper Masters
Communal property and social critique in Thomas More's Utopia
Thomas More's book Utopia is central to the discussion of contemporary society and Utopian principles. A comparison of More's Utopia, as described by his character Hythloday, 16th century England, and contemporary society are the basis of the essay. The thesis contends that the tension between collective production and the private accumulation of wealth plagues societies today, whether their economies are based on socialism or capitalism.
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Pathophysiological mechanisms and arterial gas changes in acute asthma exacerbations
One could argue that asthma is always a chronic condition as it is a chronic, difficult to control, inflammation of the airways of an individual. One of the main features of asthma is that it is characterized by…
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Hate crime enhancements: evaluating arguments for and against
This essay presents both sides of the debate about the justification of hate crime enhancement legislation. The con argument is that thoughts should never be punished. The pro argument is that thoughts are routinely considered in other types of civil and criminal issues once internal thought becomes a factor in external behavior that affects others. It concludes that hate crime enhancement is logically and morally appropriate.
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Same-sex marriage and Christian religious perspectives in America
The issue of same sex marriage and the controversy it implies also affects the view of freedom of religion. Many are concerned that religious communities may not be able to decide for their doctrine what type of marriage they should acknowledge . Some same-sex couples challenge the religious right to exclude them from access to facilities like schools, health care, social agencies, shelters, nursing homes, and learning or athletic programs.
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CERT volunteer training for weapons of mass destruction and terrorism response
What specific training is given to volunteers when dealing with Weapons of Mass Destruction?
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Management and leadership challenges in retail bookstores
Barnes & Noble has a pretty linear organizational structure at the store level. We have to report up the chain to the regional supervisors, and down the chain to the other people in the store, but when it comes to…