Thesaurus results for PROLEGOMENON

prolegomenon

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Definition of prolegomenon

as in discourse

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The discourse got heated, topical Halloween costumes abounded.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026
The jury was given the space to examine all this without any public discourse crowding their own thoughts out of their head.

— Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of discourse

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National governments will already be looking at their aviation authority regulations and frameworks and there will be discussions at the European and global level, John Edwards, senior consultant at Gates Aviation in London, said by phone.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Zelensky’s comments in an interview aired late Thursday followed two days of discussions among allies in Brussels that focused on postwar security and reconstruction.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of discussion

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Yolanda Renee King took a break from her social justice studies at Columbia University in New York City to return to her hometown of Atlanta to vote in the 2026 midterm elections alongside her parents, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Critics have pointed to studies showing harm to student outcomes and an increase in gun violence around vacant buildings.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of study

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The film starts with the minimum of backstory, which is at odds not only with the norms of Indian cinema but also the press book, which suggests that a whole lot of exposition about the genesis of the story’s two siblings has been cut.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
This is Kubrick’s modus operandi throughout the film, setting up scenes where furniture moves from shot to shot, wall decorations change, and there are further schisms between Ullman’s exposition and the reality that transpires.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of exposition

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That treatise dismantled Capra’s life, highlighting his personal and professional hypocrisies, with a focus on his self-serving conduct during the Red Scare, at the expense of his industry colleagues.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
The film’s pick-me jabs at humor are frankly, flatly unfunny and grating, twisting the film at times into a perverse, almost self-aware treatise on tweeness.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of treatise

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Koolhaas’s essay narrates both the irrelevance of modernism and the disappearance of architecture into communication.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Thoreau’s essay, however, offers a direct rebuttal to an earlier text written by English clergyman and Utilitarian philosopher William Paley.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of essay

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Miller, who prosecuted the case back in 2004 and 2005, sent Fernandez Rundle texts questioning her office’s handling of the case and denigrating the judge presiding over Smith’s resentencing.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
For centuries, some people have turned to their religious texts and traditions for answers.

— Adrienne Krone, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026

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