English

Adjective

dissertational ‎(comparative more dissertational, superlative most dissertational)

1. Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
   • 1852 July 1, “Contemporary Literature of America”, in The Westminster Review, page 154:

     Its only value consists in some dissertational notes at the end on the literature of charity, population, pauperism, political economy, and Protestantism.

   • 1992, Sheldon Gardner, Red Vienna and the Golden Age of Psychology, 1918-1938, page 201:

     Charlotte's dissertational research focused on children's fairy tales and during her appointment as an instructor at Dresden Technical College, she continued her systematic research of literature, focusing on adolescent psychology […]

   • 2016, Almut Schilling-Vacaflor, New Constitutionalism in Latin America: Promises and Practices:

     Counting words or lines compromises comparability across constitutions since the diversity of languages and juridical cultures means there are different literary styles, so that some constitutions are more dissertational […]