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[ noun ] what a communication that is about something is about

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

It is this subject_matter that has brought Mason a large and enthusiastic following among sportsmen , but it is his exceptional performance with this motif that commends him to artists and discerning collectors .

(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)

Thus the student of literature may sometimes find it helpful to classify a poem or an essay as being in idea or in ideal content or subject_matter typical or atypical of its period .

(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)

On_the_whole they maintain much the same high standard , but they are much more difficult to discuss in_detail because of their wider variety of subject_matter .

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