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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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Igbo burial practices and social hierarchy in eleventh-century Nigeria
Social standing and order are often times a mystery when looking at the sites and items of ancient civilizations. However, the patterns of these items as well as the words can be used to find trends, definitions of social order including that based by religion, gender or other dimensions. This particular report looks at the Swahili text of one group and the Igbo in 11th century Africa in what is now Nigeria.
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Corruption and democracy in Latin America: Blake and Morris's analytical framework
The relationship between corruption and democracy as a political institution has been at the core of studies and researches for political science since its beginnings. The development made in the filed of Political…
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Medical jargon and dehumanization in Perri Klass's essay
Written by a physician who is also a writer, this article looks at the mind-bending jargon physicians use every day. She clearly shows how these nearly illegible acronyms become so common in the healthcare field that…
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Inflation and deflation: the Federal Reserve's role in price stability
Inflation and Deflation: The Issue of Price Stability
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Cass Sunstein's review of Kenneth Starr's Supreme Court book
Cass Sustein's Politics By Other Means, which was published in New Republic in 2002; Mark Green's The Evil of Access, which was published in The Nation in 2002; Bill Moyers' Journalism and Democracy, which was published…
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Thomas Szasz's critique of the medical model of mental illness
The foremost question relating to mental illness concerns about its very existence - whether mental illness actually exists or not? According to Thomas Szasz, mental illness is a mere myth (Szasz, 1960) and does not…
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Hair as a cultural and historical identity marker
¶ … hair affects social and cultural identity. The writer uses examples of fad and long standing hairstyles to portray the way those styles identify certain cultures or societies. There were two sources used to complete…
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Faith and loss in M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs"
Night Shyamalan's 2002 motion picture "Signs" is more about faith than it is about either crop circles or aliens. Although the plot centers around the imminent arrival of extraterrestrial beings and what that arrival…
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Pineau's theory of communicative sexuality and date rape consent
Pineau's major shortcoming in her argument for communicative sexuality is that she seems to dispute the very thing she is trying to validate when she rallies against the law for requiring that the man knew she was not…
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The growth and role of NGOs in international development and business
NGOs have played an important role in local, national and international change and development. However, some argue that NGOs have actually hindered development by developing their self-interests. This is an argumentative essay on the role that NGOs have played in development in both developing and developing countries. It presents the argument for and against the significance of NGOs.
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