Definition of Thematic

1. Adjective. Relating to or constituting a topic of discourse.

Derivative terms: Theme, Theme
Partainyms: Theme

2. Adjective. Of or relating to a melodic subject.
Partainyms: Theme
Derivative terms: Theme
Antonyms: Unthematic

Definition of Thematic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4.

Definition of Thematic

1. Adjective. relating to, or having a theme or a topic ¹

2. Adjective. (music) relating to a melodic subject ¹

3. Adjective. (linguistics) Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thematic

1. a stamp collected according to its subject [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thematic

thelitises
thelium
thelo-
theloncus
thelorrhagia
thelphusian
thelves
thelytokous
thelytoky
them
them's the breaks
them's the facts
them thar
thema
themata
thematic (current term)
thematic apperception test
thematic map
thematic relation
thematic vowel
thematically
thematics
thematisation
thematisations
thematise
thematised
thematises
thematising
thematization
thematizations

Literary usage of Thematic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect by David Binning Monro (1882)
"thematic Tense-Stems form the Subj. by changing с or The Subjunctive of the thematic Aor. and Près, frequently retains the original ..."

2. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"thematic Inflection. — In the thematic inflection the tense-stem ends in the thematic vowel. "To this form belong all futures, and the presents, imperfects, ..."

3. South Eastern Europe by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2003)
"The thematic Surveys The reviews of the 10 education systems participating in the OECD study were "thematic" in the sense that they focussed on certain ..."

4. South Eastern Europe by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2003)
"The thematic Surveys The reviews of the 10 education systems participating in the OECD study were "thematic" in the sense that they focussed on certain ..."

5. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"This type occurs (a) in all thematic forms of the present; ... The thematic type -j- combines with the opt. of thematic thematic vowel -o- into a diphthong ..."

6. The Theory and Practice of Musical Form: On the Basis of Ludwig Bussler's by John Henry Cornell, Ludwig Bussler (1883)
"This is explained by the tact that BEETHOVEN'S genius found its greatest resource in thematic WORK, whilst the two masters first named occupied themselves ..."

7. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1895)
"The special suffix of the optative appears in two different forms ; (1) as -ie- strong, -1- The ve weak with stems where there is no thematic »uflj| «* two ..."

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