leitmotivnoun [ C ]
also leitmotif uk/ˈlaɪt.məʊ.tiːf/us/ˈlaɪt.moʊ.t̬iːf/specializeda phrase or other feature that is repeated often in a work of art, literature, or music and that tells you something important about it:
Death and renewal are leitmotivs running through the whole novel.
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- affair
- backyard
- ground
- in your backyard idiom
- item
- kingdom
- matter
- specialism
- specialty
- sphere
- stage
- subject
- subject matter
- sweep
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- talking point
- theme
- themed
- thesis
- topic
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