thematic
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thematic (θɪˈmætɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or consisting of a theme or themes |
| 2. | linguistics denoting a word that is the theme of a sentence |
| 3. | grammar |
| a. denoting a vowel or other sound or sequence of sounds that occurs between the root of a word and any inflectional or derivational suffixes | |
| b. of or relating to the stem or root of a word | |
| —n | |
| 4. | grammar a thematic vowel: ``-o-'' is a thematic in the combining form ``psycho-'' |
| thematically | |
| —adv | |
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Thematic
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
Crudely put, folk tales can be boring if too many conform to the same thematic pulse.
One interesting thematic element, though, is that each player has a historian card which shows one type of artifact.
The animals establish a thematic link that suggests that humans engage in conflict because it is in their nature.
Long before the current rage for thematic programming, often of a heavy-handed and superficial kind, subtler strains flourished.
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