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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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Employee Discipline and Managerial Decision-Making Process
Decisions are a part of each day for everyone on earth. Some of these decisions are small and in significant, such as what to eat for breakfast. While others are quite complex and one has to weigh the costs and benefits…
Essay Undergraduate
Consumption vs. Production: Driving Forces of the Modern Economy
¶ … exist two polarizing concepts that define the nature of economic life. These two opposing views, consumption and production, have formed the basis for debate for social scientists throughout the twentieth century…
Paper Undergraduate
Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation Explained
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) represents the most aggressive environmental finance initiative sponsored by the Australian Government to date. The CEFC is an independent entity established as part of the Clean Energy Future Policy by the Australian government. As of March 2012, funding for the program totaled AUS$10 billion in government backed investments for the commercialization and deployment of clean energy technologies. This research will explore the CEFC and its role in the development and deployment of environmentally friendly energy sources and alternatives.
Paper Doctorate
Database Management Systems: Levels, Tools, and DBMS Overview
What are the levels of data within a database and how are they used?
Research Paper Doctorate
Marxism, China, and the Crisis of Global Capitalism
The economic crisis that hit the international community and the world economies has determined, since 2008, a slow, almost invisible shift in the doctrinal preferences of more and more people in terms of deciding on the right economic approach to be followed in order to avoid such crises from taking place in the future.
Essay Undergraduate
Mental Health Definitions Across Cultures: US, Japan, Asia & More
¶ … mental health and poor mental health. Explain two ways your own culture influences your definitions of mental health. Then explain how your definition of mental health might differ from that of your selected culture.
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Plato's Mimesis and Victorian Gothic Literature
Art, as defined by Plato in his paradigmatic work The Republic, serves both as a definition qua definition - a way of telling us what art should be in and of itself - and as an exemplar of other aspects of society.
Paper Undergraduate
Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia: Context and Critique
Sustainable Development in the South Asian Context
Thesis Masters
Ethics in Technology: Key Issues in Computer Use
The purpose of this paper is to highlight and present the ethical issues that are involved in using modern technology. The paper highlights some of the current ethical issues faced by computer users that are due to unethical practice and lack of proper ethical policies by different businesses. The paper pinpoints the causes and gives recommendation on how the current issues can be minimized. A portion of this paper also consists of lawsuits that have recently occurred due to unethical practices adopted by businesses.
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Physical, Cognitive, and Social Development in Young Adults
This paper discusses the development of human beings at the stage of young adulthood. Although at this age most people have already achieved mental and physical maturity, there is still development that occurs. The brain is still growing at young adulthood. Also, this is the time when people learn to forge long-lasting relationships.