Research
A small-group, discussion-based class built around shared reading, where participation (not just listening) is expected.
Merriam-Webster’s first sense is the original one: “a group of advanced students studying under a professor with each doing original research and all exchanging results through reports and discussions”, first recorded 1863. The word came through German from Latin seminarium, a nursery — a seedbed, the same root as seminary. The definition itself explains the participation expectation this entry describes: exchange of results was the point from the start.
Merriam-Webster is cited as the dictionary of record: where an entry defines a word rather than a position, a dictionary is the primary source for it. How the term is used in research writing, above, is this lexicon’s own reading.
From the AJG lexicon archive (July 2026).
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