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To wit, Gucci designer Alessandro Michele opened Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday with a men's and women's runway show that was one part philosophical treatise, one part West Hollywood Halloween parade. — Booth Moore, The Hollywood Reporter, "Milan Fashion Week: At Gucci, Outrageousness is the Message, while Moschino Says “It Takes All Colors”," 21 Feb. 2018 On Instagram, Moratti posted the picture of his tee alongside a treatise on the positive impacts of music. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Redemption Takes on Rock 'n' Roll at Its Parisian Couture Show," 9 July 2018 At first, the series seems less a treatise against corrosive changes in Swedish society than a darkly funny and melancholy meditation on the absurdity of Swedish bureaucracy. — Alice Bolin, Longreads, "The Daughter as Detective," 26 June 2018 The result was Walden, or Life in the Woods, a preachy treatise on the benefits of solitary dude time off the grid, and required reading for high schoolers all across America. — refinery29.com, "What Americana Means (And Doesn't) In 2018: From Childish Gambino To Roseanne," 3 July 2018 The movie is a blast: One part anti-capitalist screed, one part race treatise, one part love story, and one part sci-fi body horror. — Bijan Stephen, The Verge, "What’s in your bag, Lakeith Stanfield?," 29 June 2018 First in Line is not a deep historical treatise that examines the lives and times of our recent presidents. — Ray Locker, USA TODAY, "'First in Line': What it's like when you are a heartbeat from the presidency," 11 June 2018 The Quaker establishment in Philadelphia denounced the treatise and Lay three times in an ad in the Pennsylvania Gazette, according to Rediker. — Susan Hogan, Washington Post, "‘In the belly of hell’: The Quaker abolitionist disowned by his faith for condemning slave owners," 14 May 2018 Creative partners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty were still years away from producing their smash hit Ragtime, which would prove to be a much less subtle treatise on race than Island’s comparatively complicated fairy tale. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Your guide to the 17 most important nominees at this year’s Tonys," 7 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'treatise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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treatise
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English Language Learners Definition of treatise
: a book, article, etc., that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly
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