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試論 (しろん, shiron) Japanese meaning: essay | Kotomora
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Related words 論ろん 文ぶん 論文 is a more formal, fully developed academic paper or thesis, while 試論 is a tentative essay or exploratory argument.
エッセイ エッセイ is a general loanword for a personal or literary essay, whereas 試論 is more academic and implies a provisional argument.
Etymology Compound of 試 (trial, test) and 論 (argument, theory). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a tentative argument.
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He published an essay on the new theory.
This paper is merely a tentative assumption and requires further verification.