thematic

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεματικός (thematikós), from θέμα (théma, “theme”). Equivalent to theme +‎ -atic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θɪˈmætɪk/, /θɛˈmætɪk/
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Adjective

thematic (comparative more thematic, superlative most thematic)

  1. Relating to, or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
    He had a thematic collection of postage stamps with flags on them (where (UK) thematic collection is equivalent to (US) topical collection)
  2. (music) Relating to a melodic subject.
  3. (grammar) Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection.
    • 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
      A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.
  4. (history) Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).

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Noun

thematic (plural thematics)

  1. A postage stamp that is part of a thematic collection.

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