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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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Film Auteur Theory in Tim Burton's Cinema
Film auteur theory arose as a concept between the 1950s and the early 1960s as an evaluative process putting film directors in a hierarchal genre perspective (Caughie, 1982, 62). It is the basis of film critique, that…
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Rural School Closure: Utilitarianism, Deontology, and Research Methods
School Closure Research -- Peggy and Brian Scenario
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Wound Care: Healing Phases, Assessment, and Dressings
A wound can be defined as, "…the interruption of continuity in a tissue, usually following trauma. Skin is predominantly affected although any tissue, whether nerve, bone or organ, may be wounded" (Definition of a Wound).
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Police Culture, Ethics, and Officer Behavior: A Research Review
Ethical Considerations and Professional Responsibility in a Criminal Justice Agency
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TBI and Acquired Deafness: Neurological Rehabilitation Plan
John Q. is a twenty-five-year-old male who suffered head injuries as the result of a roadside bomb in Iraq. Until this injury, John was a healthy young man with a wife, a child, and on a career path in the United States…
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Generational Poverty Through Three Sociological Lenses
This paper examines three theoretical approaches to transgenerational poverty: conflict theory, social learning theory, and feminist theory. Poverty is one of the most pressing social problems and the generational nature of poverty remains one of the reasons it is so difficult to eradicate poverty. In order to understand how to eradicate poverty, it is important to examine some of the theoretical models that are frequently used to describe and explain generational poverty.
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Corporate Manslaughter Law: UK Reform and Criminal Liability
Understanding Corporate Criminal Liability
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Doctrine of Consideration in English Contract Law Explained
The term "Contract Law" has the ability to almost immediately make someone thing of lawsuits and litigation. For the most part, contracts are thought of as being very formal documents written up with language that is…
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Employment Discrimination and Transgender Rights in the US
Employment Law - Transgender Discrimination
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Asperger's Syndrome: Diagnosis, Traits, and Autism Links
In 2001, Henderson explains that Asperger's Syndrome (AS) is a pervasive developmental disorder on the autism spectrum characterized by social deficits, relatively normal language and cognitive development, and the…
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