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English

Etymology

From topica

Pronunciation

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Noun

  1. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.


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Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Topic \Top"ic\, a.
Topical. --Drayton. Holland.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Topic \Top"ic\, n. [F. topiques, pl., L. topica the title of a
work of Aristotle, Gr. topika`, fr. topiko`s of or for place,
concerning to`poi, or commonplaces, fr. to`pos a place.]
(a) One of the various general forms of argument employed in
probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning,
-- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places),
as being the places or sources from which arguments may
be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a
prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety
of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians
and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of
argument or oratory.
(b) pl. A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme
of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the
Topics of Aristotle.
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These topics, or loci, were no other than general
ideas applicable to a great many different
subjects, which the orator was directed to consult.
--Blair.
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In this question by [reason] I do not mean a
distinct topic, but a transcendent that runs
through all topics. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. An argument or reason. [Obs.]
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Contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any
principles, whom no topics can work upon. --Bp.
Wilkins.
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3. The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or
argument, or literary composition; also, the general or
main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject,
as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a
head.
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4. (Med.) An external local application or remedy, as a
plaster, a blister, etc. [Obsoles.] --Wiseman.
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WordNet topic
n 1: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he
didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very
sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme
of love" [syn: subject, theme]
2: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept
drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the
subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the
police" [syn: subject, issue, matter]
Moby Dictionary
action , anagnorisis , angle , architectonics , architecture , argument ,
atmosphere , background , bone of contention , catastrophe , catechism ,
characterization , color , complication , continuity , contrivance ,
cross-interrogatory , cross-question , debating point , demand ,
denouement , design , development , device , episode , fable ,
falling action , feeler , gimmick , head , incident , inquiry ,
interrogation , interrogative , interrogatory , issue , keynote ,
leader , leading question , line , local color , matter , mood ,
moot point , motif , motive , movement , mythos , peripeteia , plan ,
plot , point , point at issue , point in question , problem ,
proposition , query , question , question at issue , question mark ,
quodlibet , recognition , rising action , scheme , secondary plot ,
slant , story , structure , subject , subject matter , subplot , switch ,
text , thematic development , theme , thesis , tone , trial balloon ,
twist , vexed question


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