n. Function: noun
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Synonyms: CITIZEN 2, national
2 the basic idea or the principal object of attention in a discourse or artistic composition FF1C; the Puritans as soldiers of Christ was the subject of her paper FF1E;
Synonyms: argument, head, matter, motif, motive, point, subject matter, text, theme, topic
Related Words: material, substance; problem, question; leitmotiv; core, meat
Contrasted Words: elaboration, enlargement, enlarging, expatiation; development, explication