topic
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός, from τόπος ("a place"), of qsb-grc origin.
Pronunciation Adjectivetopic
Nountopic (plural topics)
- Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
- A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech.
- stick to the topic
- an interesting topic of conversation
- romance is a topic that frequently comes up in conversation
- (Internet) Discussion thread.
- (music) A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
- 2012, Esti Sheinberg, Music Semiotics, page 9:
- In Peircean terms, topics are interpretants: signifieds that become new signifiers in the endless semiotic chain of interpretations.
- (obsolete) An argument or reason.
- 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion:
- contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon
- (obsolete, medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC ↗:
- Amongst topics or outward medicines none are more precious than baths.
- (area of interest) subject, subject area
- French: sujet, thème
- German: Thema
- Italian: tema, categoria, argomento, soggetto
- Portuguese: tópico, assunto
- Russian: те́ма
- Spanish: tema
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