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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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G protein-linked receptors and cellular signal transduction
An organism must respond appropriately to its internal and external environments day after day in order to survive. The organism's cells respond to internal and external stimuli much like tiny computers that process…
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Value systems in Sister Carrie and My Antonia
¶ … Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser, and "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. Specifically, it will determine what each character's value system is by asking what things are most important to her and what things or values…
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Willy Loman's tragic flaw in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is the story of Willy Loman and his obsession with personal attractiveness, financial success and popularity as the most important traits in life, and the ones most likely to lead to his vision of…
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Historical perspectives on telepathy research and scientific study
¶ … telepathy and how it does or does not really exist in the world we live. There are various schools of thought discussed in this paper to highlight the concept of this term that has been there for many centuries.
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Close family ties and marriage stability in adult children
Close emotional ties to in-laws have been predicted to have a stabilizing effect on marriages. To better understand the interaction between close ties to in-laws and marriage stability, from the perspective of the grown children from broken homes, a survey instrument was created and given to college students from diverse backgrounds. The results reveal what appears to be a correlation between marriage instability and traumatic experiences with in-laws at family gatherings.
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Marx, Durkheim, and Simmel on industrial division of labor
This paper examines the different ideas about the sociological notion of the division of labor, as expressed by Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Georg Simmel. Division of labor is seen by Marx as the source of class conflict, it is seen by Durkheim as the basis for organic solidarity, and it is seen by Simmel as the basis for subjective culture. All of these terms and concepts are defined in the paper.
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The multiple meanings of play and Sutton-Smith's seven rhetoric types
To define what it means to 'play,' I first turned to the dictionary. Immediately, when I looked at the entry for "play" given by freedictonary.com, I was confronted with a seemingly limitless list of different…
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Concepts of justice in Plato and Aristotle
¶ … justice from Anaximander and Hericleitus will be traced, through the Republic of Plato and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle's. The purpose of the essay is to discuss the concepts of justice, which are presented in…
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Women's constitutional right to abortion under Roe v. Wade
DEFENDING a WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE ABORTION
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Hollywood's response to television and suburban decline in 1950s cinema
1950s was a decade of change for the U.S. - cinema was no exception, as it modeled itself to accommodate the social changes U.S. society was going through. Films not only provide entertainment to masses but are also…
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