thematic


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thematic/θɪˈmatɪk/
adjective
  • 1 having or relating to subjects or a particular subject.
  • 2 Music relating to or containing melodic subjects.
  • 3 Linguistics relating to the theme of an inflected word.

    ■ (of a vowel) connecting the theme of a word to its inflections.

    ■ (of a word) having a thematic vowel.

noun (thematics) [treated as sing. or pl.] a body of topics for study or discussion.
– derivatives
thematically adverb.
– origin C17: from Gk thematikos, from thema (see theme).
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