Definition of thematic in English:

thematic

adjective θɪˈmatɪkθəˈmædɪk

1Having or relating to subjects or a particular subject.
the book is organized into nine thematic chapters
Example sentencesExamples
- The mottos ‘unity in diversity’ and ‘friendship and fraternity’ were used as thematic subjects for artists to follow.
- Part II includes seven thematic chapters covering the biogeography, ecology, behavior, life history, and conservation of grebes.
- And I noted the conference's thematic undercurrent of ‘sustainability’ with some apprehension.
- The transcripts were subjected to thematic content analysis, using standard qualitative procedures.
- The thematic organization of the chapters is a powerful approach, but it means sacrificing any sense of chronological development.
- Perkins's chapters seem loosely organized around thematic questions: What did pioneers know about the West?
- The chapters neither cohere nor fit particularly well with the thematic focus on group performance.
- More importantly, the story itself seems to get tripped up in a cat's cradle of thematic connections.
- In its thirteen thematic chapters, this book discusses the challenges and successes of the women's movement in Uganda.
- The subject matter in the first volume is at once thematic, regional, and broadly national.
- This is a rare treat for those of you who are just plain sick and tired of artists' work being forced into thematic shows.
- He creates albums that are strikingly different - many are governed by some thematic principle - and he has been compared to the late Eric Dolphy for his pivotal role in the development of the bass clarinet in jazz.
- And you know, there is a thematic consistency here.
- It would seem that the account in chapter 3 is intended to lay out the story of the events so that the subsequent chapters can be seen as detailed, thematic case studies.
- The book is organized around ten short thematic chapters, making it an appropriate resource for individual and group reading.
- By and large, the album is ordered chronologically and, to an extent, along thematic lines: the property and homes, family pictures, and work scenes.
- The book includes an introduction, seven narrative chapters, four thematic chapters, a short afterword, and two appendices.
- The essays range from the broadly thematic to much more narrowly defined subjects such as Turkey's declaration of war against Japan in 1945.
- The book is elegantly written and usefully divided into short, thematic chapters.
- Rather, each of the seven chapters is a detailed thematic essay exploring a key issue in the history of late 19th-century France.
- The resulting data were subjected to content analysis in several thematic areas.
1. 1.1British Relating to the collecting of postage stamps with designs connected with the same subject.
  for the thematic collector volcanoes represent a treasure trove
  Also called topical
  Example sentencesExamples
  Despite the popularity of thematic collecting, there does not appear to be a definitive categorization system.
  The increase in the number and range of commemorative stamps has led to thematic collecting of stamps showing a particular subject, irrespective of their country of origin.
  But it is thematic collection that is becoming a fad worldwide and it is an inexpensive way of building one's collection.
2. 1.2Music Relating to or containing melodic subjects.
  the concerto relies on the frequent repetition of thematic fragments
  Example sentencesExamples
  As mentioned before, this formal coherence is achieved not through thematic development, but through the varied repetition of clearly discernible musical ideas.
  The thematic material derives from Catalan folk melody and as the movement progresses its character emerges more strongly.
  The melodies are entirely forgettable and generally involve minimal thematic development.
  The striking thematic material and subtle turns of melodic phrase mark this score as the work of a composer with an original voice.
  While all three of the soloists display their own distinctive styles, Barton's ideas are the richest in terms of contour, melodic content, and thematic development.
  About four thematic ideas appear, and a short coda builds to the final chords.
  There is a longish cadenza that is well-integrated into the movement's thematic structure.
2Linguistics
Relating to or denoting the theme of a sentence.
some languages use special affixes to mark thematic and non-thematic elements
Example sentencesExamples
- Unlike English, Arabic thematic fronting may express incredulity, disbelief, suspicion, uncertainty, denial, limitation and/or exclusiveness on the part of the subject or the object.
- The passive construction makes the recipient of the action thematic, and furthermore seems to reduce the dynamism of the verb.
1. 2.1 Relating to the theme of an inflected word.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is hard to determine to what extent (if at all) the thematic formation supplied a real pluperfect to the strong preterit.
  The most simple type of thematic stem is that formed directly from the root.
2. 2.2 (of a vowel) connecting the theme of a word to its inflections.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In Greek and Latin, they are typically joined by thematic vowels, such as the i of Latin agricultura, the o of Greek biographia.
3. 2.3 (of a word) having a vowel connecting its theme to its inflections.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The first four conjugations are thematic, ie a thematic vowel precedes the personal endings.
  Thematic verbs were distinguished by the presence of a thematic vowel between the verbal stem and the endings.

noun θɪˈmatɪkθəˈmædɪk

1thematicstreated as singular or plural A body of topics for study or discussion.
I soon gave up trying to prime him with the thematics of the piece
Example sentencesExamples
- For all intents and purposes, this strategy basically ignores the fact that the character is black, for he could easily be white without altering the plot or thematics of the film and, therefore, avoids any issue of race completely.
- Brunton organises his historical riff around a thematics of the commune.
- This is even the case for Fast and Anderson whose critical thematics are clearly at variance with each other.
- She is famous for her deconstructions of narrative personae, of story or plot, of characterization, thematics, and so on.
- What I always try to do in all my books is to make the stories such that if you don't agree with me politically or you're not interested in the thematics, the story will still keep you turning the pages.
- How were you conceiving of this ending fitting into the overall thematics of the book?
- Or at the very least, he needs to find other performers like her who emphasize his obvious strengths in character creation and flexible but serious thematics.
- Utterly predictable, full of wooden acting and ringing with hollow family-values thematics, this is thoroughly banal and barely worth looking back on.
- As part of this strategy, both writers develop a thematics of genealogy which, because genealogies link divine will and knowledge with the flesh of humankind, recognises female authority and potential.
- The fact that Antin creates a talk-poetry which is argumentative and deliberative, and rests on thematics that broadly have to do with social and cultural placing, connects up with this.
- One really interesting part will be the section devoted to: ‘Policy and thematics - the development, timing and content of policy announcements.’
- And so the central thematics of ‘Driven’, behind all the flash and pomp that you'd be forgiven for finding rather distracting, want to evince a meditation on aging, manhood, media and homoerotic bonding.
- That is what raises the question of how to conceive lyric thematics and allegorization.
- In that work a thematics of the social tensions around connection and disconnection is articulated visually.
- It would appear that ‘womb envy’ and male hysteria are no longer latent thematics to be teased out by the psychoanalytically-oriented feminist critic; such envy is the manifest content of the film.
- But Kechiche, sharply aware of the political disquiet that filters through those games of nearly 300 years past, adopted and adapted it for his homage to Marivaux's thematics.
- Mier's Apologia frequently approximates the picaresque narrative's structure and thematics, and it reveals a baroque style.
- Instead, the staid drama of the film once again fuels its thematics.
- The mock (and ambiguously historical) apocalypse provides the setting for the sexual thematics that comprise the main matter of Garter's book.
- According to Freinkel, Luther replaces these thematics of reconciliation with the ‘unsettling oscillations of ambivalence.’
2British A postage stamp forming part of a set with designs connected with the same subject.
Also called topical
Example sentencesExamples
- You can discuss ideas of what to collect - thematics will probably be most suitable for beginners.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Greek thematikos, from thema (see theme).

Rhymes

achromatic, acrobatic, Adriatic, aerobatic, anagrammatic, aquatic, aristocratic, aromatic, asthmatic, athematic, attic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, chromatic, cinematic, climatic, dalmatic, democratic, diagrammatic, diaphragmatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, epigrammatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, hieratic, hydrostatic, hypostatic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, isochromatic, lymphatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, miasmatic, monochromatic, monocratic, monogrammatic, numismatic, operatic, panchromatic, pancreatic, paradigmatic, phlegmatic, photostatic, piratic, plutocratic, pneumatic, polychromatic, pragmatic, prelatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, semi-automatic, Socratic, somatic, static, stigmatic, sub-aquatic, sylvatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, traumatic

Definition of thematic in US English:

thematic

adjectiveθəˈmædɪkTHəˈmadik

1Having or relating to subjects or a particular subject.
the orientation of this anthology is essentially thematic
Example sentencesExamples
- The book is organized around ten short thematic chapters, making it an appropriate resource for individual and group reading.
- The book includes an introduction, seven narrative chapters, four thematic chapters, a short afterword, and two appendices.
- The book is elegantly written and usefully divided into short, thematic chapters.
- He creates albums that are strikingly different - many are governed by some thematic principle - and he has been compared to the late Eric Dolphy for his pivotal role in the development of the bass clarinet in jazz.
- And I noted the conference's thematic undercurrent of ‘sustainability’ with some apprehension.
- Rather, each of the seven chapters is a detailed thematic essay exploring a key issue in the history of late 19th-century France.
- It would seem that the account in chapter 3 is intended to lay out the story of the events so that the subsequent chapters can be seen as detailed, thematic case studies.
- The essays range from the broadly thematic to much more narrowly defined subjects such as Turkey's declaration of war against Japan in 1945.
- By and large, the album is ordered chronologically and, to an extent, along thematic lines: the property and homes, family pictures, and work scenes.
- The mottos ‘unity in diversity’ and ‘friendship and fraternity’ were used as thematic subjects for artists to follow.
- In its thirteen thematic chapters, this book discusses the challenges and successes of the women's movement in Uganda.
- Perkins's chapters seem loosely organized around thematic questions: What did pioneers know about the West?
- The chapters neither cohere nor fit particularly well with the thematic focus on group performance.
- The transcripts were subjected to thematic content analysis, using standard qualitative procedures.
- This is a rare treat for those of you who are just plain sick and tired of artists' work being forced into thematic shows.
- The thematic organization of the chapters is a powerful approach, but it means sacrificing any sense of chronological development.
- More importantly, the story itself seems to get tripped up in a cat's cradle of thematic connections.
- And you know, there is a thematic consistency here.
- The subject matter in the first volume is at once thematic, regional, and broadly national.
- Part II includes seven thematic chapters covering the biogeography, ecology, behavior, life history, and conservation of grebes.
- The resulting data were subjected to content analysis in several thematic areas.
1. 1.1British Relating to the collecting of postage stamps with designs connected with the same subject; topical.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The increase in the number and range of commemorative stamps has led to thematic collecting of stamps showing a particular subject, irrespective of their country of origin.
  But it is thematic collection that is becoming a fad worldwide and it is an inexpensive way of building one's collection.
  Despite the popularity of thematic collecting, there does not appear to be a definitive categorization system.
2. 1.2Music Relating to or containing melodic subjects.
  the concerto relies on the frequent repetition of thematic fragments
  Example sentencesExamples
  The melodies are entirely forgettable and generally involve minimal thematic development.
  About four thematic ideas appear, and a short coda builds to the final chords.
  The thematic material derives from Catalan folk melody and as the movement progresses its character emerges more strongly.
  While all three of the soloists display their own distinctive styles, Barton's ideas are the richest in terms of contour, melodic content, and thematic development.
  There is a longish cadenza that is well-integrated into the movement's thematic structure.
  As mentioned before, this formal coherence is achieved not through thematic development, but through the varied repetition of clearly discernible musical ideas.
  The striking thematic material and subtle turns of melodic phrase mark this score as the work of a composer with an original voice.
2Linguistics
Belonging to, relating to, or denoting the theme of a sentence.
Example sentencesExamples
- Unlike English, Arabic thematic fronting may express incredulity, disbelief, suspicion, uncertainty, denial, limitation and/or exclusiveness on the part of the subject or the object.
- The passive construction makes the recipient of the action thematic, and furthermore seems to reduce the dynamism of the verb.
1. 2.1 Relating to the theme of an inflected word.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is hard to determine to what extent (if at all) the thematic formation supplied a real pluperfect to the strong preterit.
  The most simple type of thematic stem is that formed directly from the root.
2. 2.2 (of a vowel) connecting the theme of a word to its inflections.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In Greek and Latin, they are typically joined by thematic vowels, such as the i of Latin agricultura, the o of Greek biographia.
3. 2.3 (of a word) having a vowel connecting its theme to its inflections.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The first four conjugations are thematic, ie a thematic vowel precedes the personal endings.
  Thematic verbs were distinguished by the presence of a thematic vowel between the verbal stem and the endings.

nounθəˈmædɪkTHəˈmadik

1thematicstreated as singular or plural A body of topics for study or discussion.
Example sentencesExamples
- But Kechiche, sharply aware of the political disquiet that filters through those games of nearly 300 years past, adopted and adapted it for his homage to Marivaux's thematics.
- Utterly predictable, full of wooden acting and ringing with hollow family-values thematics, this is thoroughly banal and barely worth looking back on.
- Or at the very least, he needs to find other performers like her who emphasize his obvious strengths in character creation and flexible but serious thematics.
- In that work a thematics of the social tensions around connection and disconnection is articulated visually.
- For all intents and purposes, this strategy basically ignores the fact that the character is black, for he could easily be white without altering the plot or thematics of the film and, therefore, avoids any issue of race completely.
- What I always try to do in all my books is to make the stories such that if you don't agree with me politically or you're not interested in the thematics, the story will still keep you turning the pages.
- According to Freinkel, Luther replaces these thematics of reconciliation with the ‘unsettling oscillations of ambivalence.’
- Mier's Apologia frequently approximates the picaresque narrative's structure and thematics, and it reveals a baroque style.
- It would appear that ‘womb envy’ and male hysteria are no longer latent thematics to be teased out by the psychoanalytically-oriented feminist critic; such envy is the manifest content of the film.
- The fact that Antin creates a talk-poetry which is argumentative and deliberative, and rests on thematics that broadly have to do with social and cultural placing, connects up with this.
- That is what raises the question of how to conceive lyric thematics and allegorization.
- The mock (and ambiguously historical) apocalypse provides the setting for the sexual thematics that comprise the main matter of Garter's book.
- Brunton organises his historical riff around a thematics of the commune.
- One really interesting part will be the section devoted to: ‘Policy and thematics - the development, timing and content of policy announcements.’
- And so the central thematics of ‘Driven’, behind all the flash and pomp that you'd be forgiven for finding rather distracting, want to evince a meditation on aging, manhood, media and homoerotic bonding.
- As part of this strategy, both writers develop a thematics of genealogy which, because genealogies link divine will and knowledge with the flesh of humankind, recognises female authority and potential.
- How were you conceiving of this ending fitting into the overall thematics of the book?
- This is even the case for Fast and Anderson whose critical thematics are clearly at variance with each other.
- She is famous for her deconstructions of narrative personae, of story or plot, of characterization, thematics, and so on.
- Instead, the staid drama of the film once again fuels its thematics.
2British A postage stamp forming part of a set with designs connected with the same subject; a topical.
Example sentencesExamples
- You can discuss ideas of what to collect - thematics will probably be most suitable for beginners.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Greek thematikos, from thema (see theme).

单词	thematic
释义	Definition of thematic in English: thematic adjective θɪˈmatɪkθəˈmædɪk 1Having or relating to subjects or a particular subject. the book is organized into nine thematic chapters Example sentencesExamples The mottos ‘unity in diversity’ and ‘friendship and fraternity’ were used as thematic subjects for artists to follow. Part II includes seven thematic chapters covering the biogeography, ecology, behavior, life history, and conservation of grebes. And I noted the conference's thematic undercurrent of ‘sustainability’ with some apprehension. The transcripts were subjected to thematic content analysis, using standard qualitative procedures. The thematic organization of the chapters is a powerful approach, but it means sacrificing any sense of chronological development. Perkins's chapters seem loosely organized around thematic questions: What did pioneers know about the West? The chapters neither cohere nor fit particularly well with the thematic focus on group performance. More importantly, the story itself seems to get tripped up in a cat's cradle of thematic connections. In its thirteen thematic chapters, this book discusses the challenges and successes of the women's movement in Uganda. The subject matter in the first volume is at once thematic, regional, and broadly national. This is a rare treat for those of you who are just plain sick and tired of artists' work being forced into thematic shows. He creates albums that are strikingly different - many are governed by some thematic principle - and he has been compared to the late Eric Dolphy for his pivotal role in the development of the bass clarinet in jazz. And you know, there is a thematic consistency here. It would seem that the account in chapter 3 is intended to lay out the story of the events so that the subsequent chapters can be seen as detailed, thematic case studies. The book is organized around ten short thematic chapters, making it an appropriate resource for individual and group reading. By and large, the album is ordered chronologically and, to an extent, along thematic lines: the property and homes, family pictures, and work scenes. The book includes an introduction, seven narrative chapters, four thematic chapters, a short afterword, and two appendices. The essays range from the broadly thematic to much more narrowly defined subjects such as Turkey's declaration of war against Japan in 1945. The book is elegantly written and usefully divided into short, thematic chapters. Rather, each of the seven chapters is a detailed thematic essay exploring a key issue in the history of late 19th-century France. The resulting data were subjected to content analysis in several thematic areas. 1.1British Relating to the collecting of postage stamps with designs connected with the same subject. for the thematic collector volcanoes represent a treasure trove Also called topical Example sentencesExamples Despite the popularity of thematic collecting, there does not appear to be a definitive categorization system. The increase in the number and range of commemorative stamps has led to thematic collecting of stamps showing a particular subject, irrespective of their country of origin. But it is thematic collection that is becoming a fad worldwide and it is an inexpensive way of building one's collection. 1.2Music Relating to or containing melodic subjects. the concerto relies on the frequent repetition of thematic fragments Example sentencesExamples As mentioned before, this formal coherence is achieved not through thematic development, but through the varied repetition of clearly discernible musical ideas. The thematic material derives from Catalan folk melody and as the movement progresses its character emerges more strongly. The melodies are entirely forgettable and generally involve minimal thematic development. The striking thematic material and subtle turns of melodic phrase mark this score as the work of a composer with an original voice. While all three of the soloists display their own distinctive styles, Barton's ideas are the richest in terms of contour, melodic content, and thematic development. About four thematic ideas appear, and a short coda builds to the final chords. There is a longish cadenza that is well-integrated into the movement's thematic structure. 2Linguistics Relating to or denoting the theme of a sentence. some languages use special affixes to mark thematic and non-thematic elements Example sentencesExamples Unlike English, Arabic thematic fronting may express incredulity, disbelief, suspicion, uncertainty, denial, limitation and/or exclusiveness on the part of the subject or the object. The passive construction makes the recipient of the action thematic, and furthermore seems to reduce the dynamism of the verb. 2.1 Relating to the theme of an inflected word. Example sentencesExamples It is hard to determine to what extent (if at all) the thematic formation supplied a real pluperfect to the strong preterit. The most simple type of thematic stem is that formed directly from the root. 2.2 (of a vowel) connecting the theme of a word to its inflections. Example sentencesExamples In Greek and Latin, they are typically joined by thematic vowels, such as the i of Latin agricultura, the o of Greek biographia. 2.3 (of a word) having a vowel connecting its theme to its inflections. Example sentencesExamples The first four conjugations are thematic, ie a thematic vowel precedes the personal endings. Thematic verbs were distinguished by the presence of a thematic vowel between the verbal stem and the endings. noun θɪˈmatɪkθəˈmædɪk 1thematicstreated as singular or plural A body of topics for study or discussion. I soon gave up trying to prime him with the thematics of the piece Example sentencesExamples For all intents and purposes, this strategy basically ignores the fact that the character is black, for he could easily be white without altering the plot or thematics of the film and, therefore, avoids any issue of race completely. Brunton organises his historical riff around a thematics of the commune. This is even the case for Fast and Anderson whose critical thematics are clearly at variance with each other. She is famous for her deconstructions of narrative personae, of story or plot, of characterization, thematics, and so on. What I always try to do in all my books is to make the stories such that if you don't agree with me politically or you're not interested in the thematics, the story will still keep you turning the pages. How were you conceiving of this ending fitting into the overall thematics of the book? Or at the very least, he needs to find other performers like her who emphasize his obvious strengths in character creation and flexible but serious thematics. Utterly predictable, full of wooden acting and ringing with hollow family-values thematics, this is thoroughly banal and barely worth looking back on. As part of this strategy, both writers develop a thematics of genealogy which, because genealogies link divine will and knowledge with the flesh of humankind, recognises female authority and potential. The fact that Antin creates a talk-poetry which is argumentative and deliberative, and rests on thematics that broadly have to do with social and cultural placing, connects up with this. One really interesting part will be the section devoted to: ‘Policy and thematics - the development, timing and content of policy announcements.’ And so the central thematics of ‘Driven’, behind all the flash and pomp that you'd be forgiven for finding rather distracting, want to evince a meditation on aging, manhood, media and homoerotic bonding. That is what raises the question of how to conceive lyric thematics and allegorization. In that work a thematics of the social tensions around connection and disconnection is articulated visually. It would appear that ‘womb envy’ and male hysteria are no longer latent thematics to be teased out by the psychoanalytically-oriented feminist critic; such envy is the manifest content of the film. But Kechiche, sharply aware of the political disquiet that filters through those games of nearly 300 years past, adopted and adapted it for his homage to Marivaux's thematics. Mier's Apologia frequently approximates the picaresque narrative's structure and thematics, and it reveals a baroque style. Instead, the staid drama of the film once again fuels its thematics. The mock (and ambiguously historical) apocalypse provides the setting for the sexual thematics that comprise the main matter of Garter's book. According to Freinkel, Luther replaces these thematics of reconciliation with the ‘unsettling oscillations of ambivalence.’ 2British A postage stamp forming part of a set with designs connected with the same subject. Also called topical Example sentencesExamples You can discuss ideas of what to collect - thematics will probably be most suitable for beginners. Origin Late 17th century: from Greek thematikos, from thema (see theme). Rhymes achromatic, acrobatic, Adriatic, aerobatic, anagrammatic, aquatic, aristocratic, aromatic, asthmatic, athematic, attic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, chromatic, cinematic, climatic, dalmatic, democratic, diagrammatic, diaphragmatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, epigrammatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, hieratic, hydrostatic, hypostatic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, isochromatic, lymphatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, miasmatic, monochromatic, monocratic, monogrammatic, numismatic, operatic, panchromatic, pancreatic, paradigmatic, phlegmatic, photostatic, piratic, plutocratic, pneumatic, polychromatic, pragmatic, prelatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, semi-automatic, Socratic, somatic, static, stigmatic, sub-aquatic, sylvatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, traumatic Definition of thematic in US English: thematic adjectiveθəˈmædɪkTHəˈmadik 1Having or relating to subjects or a particular subject. the orientation of this anthology is essentially thematic Example sentencesExamples The book is organized around ten short thematic chapters, making it an appropriate resource for individual and group reading. The book includes an introduction, seven narrative chapters, four thematic chapters, a short afterword, and two appendices. The book is elegantly written and usefully divided into short, thematic chapters. He creates albums that are strikingly different - many are governed by some thematic principle - and he has been compared to the late Eric Dolphy for his pivotal role in the development of the bass clarinet in jazz. And I noted the conference's thematic undercurrent of ‘sustainability’ with some apprehension. Rather, each of the seven chapters is a detailed thematic essay exploring a key issue in the history of late 19th-century France. It would seem that the account in chapter 3 is intended to lay out the story of the events so that the subsequent chapters can be seen as detailed, thematic case studies. The essays range from the broadly thematic to much more narrowly defined subjects such as Turkey's declaration of war against Japan in 1945. By and large, the album is ordered chronologically and, to an extent, along thematic lines: the property and homes, family pictures, and work scenes. The mottos ‘unity in diversity’ and ‘friendship and fraternity’ were used as thematic subjects for artists to follow. In its thirteen thematic chapters, this book discusses the challenges and successes of the women's movement in Uganda. Perkins's chapters seem loosely organized around thematic questions: What did pioneers know about the West? The chapters neither cohere nor fit particularly well with the thematic focus on group performance. The transcripts were subjected to thematic content analysis, using standard qualitative procedures. This is a rare treat for those of you who are just plain sick and tired of artists' work being forced into thematic shows. The thematic organization of the chapters is a powerful approach, but it means sacrificing any sense of chronological development. More importantly, the story itself seems to get tripped up in a cat's cradle of thematic connections. And you know, there is a thematic consistency here. The subject matter in the first volume is at once thematic, regional, and broadly national. Part II includes seven thematic chapters covering the biogeography, ecology, behavior, life history, and conservation of grebes. The resulting data were subjected to content analysis in several thematic areas. 1.1British Relating to the collecting of postage stamps with designs connected with the same subject; topical. Example sentencesExamples The increase in the number and range of commemorative stamps has led to thematic collecting of stamps showing a particular subject, irrespective of their country of origin. But it is thematic collection that is becoming a fad worldwide and it is an inexpensive way of building one's collection. Despite the popularity of thematic collecting, there does not appear to be a definitive categorization system. 1.2Music Relating to or containing melodic subjects. the concerto relies on the frequent repetition of thematic fragments Example sentencesExamples The melodies are entirely forgettable and generally involve minimal thematic development. About four thematic ideas appear, and a short coda builds to the final chords. The thematic material derives from Catalan folk melody and as the movement progresses its character emerges more strongly. While all three of the soloists display their own distinctive styles, Barton's ideas are the richest in terms of contour, melodic content, and thematic development. There is a longish cadenza that is well-integrated into the movement's thematic structure. As mentioned before, this formal coherence is achieved not through thematic development, but through the varied repetition of clearly discernible musical ideas. The striking thematic material and subtle turns of melodic phrase mark this score as the work of a composer with an original voice. 2Linguistics Belonging to, relating to, or denoting the theme of a sentence. Example sentencesExamples Unlike English, Arabic thematic fronting may express incredulity, disbelief, suspicion, uncertainty, denial, limitation and/or exclusiveness on the part of the subject or the object. The passive construction makes the recipient of the action thematic, and furthermore seems to reduce the dynamism of the verb. 2.1 Relating to the theme of an inflected word. Example sentencesExamples It is hard to determine to what extent (if at all) the thematic formation supplied a real pluperfect to the strong preterit. The most simple type of thematic stem is that formed directly from the root. 2.2 (of a vowel) connecting the theme of a word to its inflections. Example sentencesExamples In Greek and Latin, they are typically joined by thematic vowels, such as the i of Latin agricultura, the o of Greek biographia. 2.3 (of a word) having a vowel connecting its theme to its inflections. Example sentencesExamples The first four conjugations are thematic, ie a thematic vowel precedes the personal endings. Thematic verbs were distinguished by the presence of a thematic vowel between the verbal stem and the endings. nounθəˈmædɪkTHəˈmadik 1thematicstreated as singular or plural A body of topics for study or discussion. Example sentencesExamples But Kechiche, sharply aware of the political disquiet that filters through those games of nearly 300 years past, adopted and adapted it for his homage to Marivaux's thematics. Utterly predictable, full of wooden acting and ringing with hollow family-values thematics, this is thoroughly banal and barely worth looking back on. Or at the very least, he needs to find other performers like her who emphasize his obvious strengths in character creation and flexible but serious thematics. In that work a thematics of the social tensions around connection and disconnection is articulated visually. For all intents and purposes, this strategy basically ignores the fact that the character is black, for he could easily be white without altering the plot or thematics of the film and, therefore, avoids any issue of race completely. What I always try to do in all my books is to make the stories such that if you don't agree with me politically or you're not interested in the thematics, the story will still keep you turning the pages. According to Freinkel, Luther replaces these thematics of reconciliation with the ‘unsettling oscillations of ambivalence.’ Mier's Apologia frequently approximates the picaresque narrative's structure and thematics, and it reveals a baroque style. It would appear that ‘womb envy’ and male hysteria are no longer latent thematics to be teased out by the psychoanalytically-oriented feminist critic; such envy is the manifest content of the film. The fact that Antin creates a talk-poetry which is argumentative and deliberative, and rests on thematics that broadly have to do with social and cultural placing, connects up with this. That is what raises the question of how to conceive lyric thematics and allegorization. The mock (and ambiguously historical) apocalypse provides the setting for the sexual thematics that comprise the main matter of Garter's book. Brunton organises his historical riff around a thematics of the commune. One really interesting part will be the section devoted to: ‘Policy and thematics - the development, timing and content of policy announcements.’ And so the central thematics of ‘Driven’, behind all the flash and pomp that you'd be forgiven for finding rather distracting, want to evince a meditation on aging, manhood, media and homoerotic bonding. As part of this strategy, both writers develop a thematics of genealogy which, because genealogies link divine will and knowledge with the flesh of humankind, recognises female authority and potential. How were you conceiving of this ending fitting into the overall thematics of the book? This is even the case for Fast and Anderson whose critical thematics are clearly at variance with each other. She is famous for her deconstructions of narrative personae, of story or plot, of characterization, thematics, and so on. Instead, the staid drama of the film once again fuels its thematics. 2British A postage stamp forming part of a set with designs connected with the same subject; a topical. Example sentencesExamples You can discuss ideas of what to collect - thematics will probably be most suitable for beginners. Origin Late 17th century: from Greek thematikos, from thema (see theme).
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