disquisition
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Ben manages to turn this mild inquiry into a long disquisition on her selfishness and disdain for his work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The judges said: "A novel about class ascension and a man who is remarkably detached from his desires, and a disquisition on the art of being alive. It is also an absolute page-turner."
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Seated on a podium, looking down on journalists, Mr. Macron offered an extended, at times professorial, disquisition on the state of France and its place in a troubled world.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
It is also a disquisition on the body, the nature of identity and the brutality of love.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
I stared down at the page; and well can it be imagined how little I perceived of the meaning of Mr. Locke’s disquisition on space and place; though I shall transcribe and seek to understand.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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