thematic
/θɪˈmatɪk
/adjective
1Having or relating to subjects or a particular subject: the book is organized into nine thematic chapters...
- The book is elegantly written and usefully divided into short, thematic chapters.
- Part II includes seven thematic chapters covering the biogeography, ecology, behavior, life history, and conservation of grebes.
- The book includes an introduction, seven narrative chapters, four thematic chapters, a short afterword, and two appendices.
1.1Relating to the collecting of postage stamps with designs connected with the same subject: for the thematic collector volcanoes represent a treasure trove...
- 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.
1.2 Music Relating to or containing melodic subjects: the concerto relies on the frequent repetition of thematic fragments...
- 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.
- The striking thematic material and subtle turns of melodic phrase mark this score as the work of a composer with an original voice.
- There is a longish cadenza that is well-integrated into the movement's thematic structure.
2 Linguistics Relating to or denoting the theme of a sentence: some languages use special affixes to mark thematic and non-thematic elements...
- 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.
2.1Relating to the theme of an inflected word.The most simple type of thematic stem is that formed directly from the root....
- It is hard to determine to what extent (if at all) the thematic formation supplied a real pluperfect to the strong preterit.
2.2(Of a vowel) connecting the theme of a word to its inflections.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.Thematic verbs were distinguished by the presence of a thematic vowel between the verbal stem and the endings....
- The first four conjugations are thematic, ie a thematic vowel precedes the personal endings.
noun
1 (thematics) [treated 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...
- 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.
- Mier's Apologia frequently approximates the picaresque narrative's structure and thematics, and it reveals a baroque style.
- That is what raises the question of how to conceive lyric thematics and allegorization.
2A postage stamp forming part of a set with designs connected with the same subject.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).