All 3 Uses of
dissertation
in
Oryx and Crake
- He'd turned that paper topic into his senior dissertation, later.†
p. 196.3
- What had impressed them, said the interviewers — there were two of them, a woman and a man — was his senior dissertation on self-help books of the twentieth century.
p. 245.8 *dissertation = a scholarly paper required for an academic degree
- In your dissertation.†
p. 246.3
Definition:
a lengthy academic paper -- especially a scholarly work required for an advanced academic degree