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What is Definition?

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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Postmodernism's rejection of modernism's fixed truths

Postmodernism is a philosophy and an aesthetic that has become increasingly popular in both mass culture and academia alike. It is characterized in its style by pastiche, self-referential humor, and often parodies the…

Jose y Gasset's philosophy of solitude versus technology and distraction

Jose y Gasset, one of the most famous Spanish and existentialist philosophers, wrote realms of books about the importance of stepping from 'out' and turning 'within'. The greatest warriors, he noted, were those who took…

Research Paper Undergraduate

Middle English as a creole: linguistic characteristics and origins

¶ … English as Creole: "Still trying not to refer to you lot as 'bloody colonials'" Brandy Ryan evaluates the claim that Middle English is a creole. Ryan presents arguments that Middle English is a creole with Old…

Paper Undergraduate

Terrorism and counterterrorism strategies

This essay is divided into three distinct and separate parts. The first deals with the semantic challenges associated with the war on terror. The second part identifies corporate power as a fuel for terror and names certain corporations as complicit. The third section is a proposal for an essay on the benefactors of 9-11.

Paper Undergraduate

Building skills that last a lifetime: Christophersen and Mortweet's parenting approach

This paper is a book review of Dr. Christophersen, and Dr. Mortweet's book Parenting that works: Building skills that last a lifetime. It examines the book from the perspective of parent-child psychology. It observes that the book focuses on modeling behavior and providing children with sufficient opportunities to model desired behaviors.

Essay Doctorate

Defending artistic expression against obscenity law censorship

Obscenity laws may seem like common-sense and well-intentioned and they often are. However, what one person finds offensive, informative or with a good point to make will vary quite a bit from person to person and it can be when speaking of something as basic as the statute David or the latest episode of Law & Order SVU. What is educational and what is just depraved differs a lot from person to person.

Research Paper Doctorate

Psychoanalytic examination of Lyndon B. Johnson's leadership

Psychoanalysis can be a very useful tool for uncovering driving patterns in an individual's character. With proper care some people are able to identify why they act the way they do, and more importantly, alter their…

Research Paper Doctorate

Ethical theories applied to the "Might Makes Right" business case study

¶ … Ethics and Moral Development in the Business Environment

Paper Doctorate

Literary analysis of the Anthology of Rap by Bradley and DuBois

A critique of Adam Bradley's and Andrew DuBois's The Anthology of Rap. While the book has some triumphs, much of its pitfalls are due to the author's lack of focus-gradually deviating from exalting rap as poetry to focusing on how rap as a genre changed over the years. Additionally, women's impact on rap is not examined and women, for the most part, appear to be a passing footnote in rap history, or so the book and authors would lead the reader to believe.

Paper Undergraduate

Gestalt theory and group counseling applications for at-risk teens

Solo versus group therapy both have their place and Gestalt method therapy is no different. Gestalt therapy focuses on "here and now" dynamics as well as deciphering the connection between one's mental state and physical state because that absolutely matters in general and as a matter to be realized in therapy. However, group therapy requires that everyone be on the same page and getting better.

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