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SEE SYNONYMS FOR subject matter ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style. the matter that is subject to some action. the matter out of which a thing is formed. Origin of subject matterFirst recorded in 1590–1600 Words nearby subject mattersubjective sensation, subjective spirit, subjective symptom, subjectivism, subjectivity, subject matter, subject-raising, subjoin, subjoinder, sub judice, subjugate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for subject matterThese consequences form the subject-matter of David Hemenway's careful and comprehensive study, Private Guns, Public Health. David's Bookclub: Private Guns, Public Health|David Frum|March 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST This vast sweep of subject-matter has a grand effect of countering any tendency to polemic or sectarianism. David's Book Club: In the Shadow of the Sword|David Frum|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST And then the subject-matter in chief of the letter claimed our attention. The Aztec Treasure-House|Thomas Allibone Janvier We had a great debate, however, the following evening about the subject-matter of the sermon. My New Curate|P.A. Sheehan
One reason for this neglect of the theistic argument may be readily found in the subject-matter of the treatises themselves. The Basis of Early Christian Theism|Lawrence Thomas Cole The logical form continues, but the subject-matter is changed. Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall But subject-matter and metre both afford rough clues to the period in his career to which each p. 49play may be referred. A Life of William Shakespeare|Sidney Lee
British Dictionary definitions for subject matter
nounthe substance or main theme of a book, discussion, debate, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to subject mattertopic, text, subject, category, contents |