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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
Empowering Transvestites in New York
Jennie Livingston's Paris is Burning still remains as one of my favorite documentaries. As my interest in subcultures and documentaries grew simultaneously and exponentially over the past few years, I frequently had to…
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Special Population Presentation: Community Health Nursing
¶ … Interventions for Mentally-Ill Adolescents
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Business of Ecotourism, and the Ethics of Marketing
Leave No Trace includes seven principles for sustainable behavior in the outdoors, related to the ethics of stewardship for the environment. The seven principles include planning and preparing ahead, traveling and…
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Globalization and Human Resources and Immigration Policy
¶ … unfair" are value judgments -- by definition they cannot be facts. Is it an unfair employment practice for an employer to prefer a U.S. citizen? Any preference not rooted in empirical analysis is unfair -- only hard…
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Financial proposal development and implementation
This report serves as a summary and justification of the fuel cell investment that has been studied and analyzed over the recent months and years. The executives of Acme Incorporated will find within this report that…
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Diversity in Virginia Community College Faculty: A Mixed-Methods Study
Diversity in employment within community colleges seems higher than that of four-year colleges and universities on the national level. Research indicates community colleges engage more actively in recruiting and…
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Growth of Organized Crime Is Best Understood
¶ … growth of organized crime is best understood when situated within a broader societal context. Illustrate why this is so, giving specific examples from the lectures / required readings.
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Benefit of Setting Up a PMO in Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) is one of the biggest information and technology (IT) corporations in the world. HP is a company that is well suited for the 21st Century as it employs its competencies and technological…
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Feminism, Pygmalion and the Stepford Wives
¶ … 1960, the world of women (especially American women) was limited in very many aspects, from the workplace to family life. American women who were employed in 1960 were largely restricted to jobs such as being…
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UK Law and Punishment
England and Wales work on an adversarial principle when it comes to law enforcement. The adversarial principle states that "that a person is not considered to be guilty of a crime simply on the word of a government…
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