thematic unity

collocation in English

meaningsofthematicandunity

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thematic
adjective
uk
/θɪˈmæt.ɪk/
us
/θiːˈmæt̬.ɪk/
relating to or based on subjects or ...
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unity
noun[U]
uk
/ˈjuː.nə.ti/
us
/ˈjuː.nə.t̬i/
the state of being joined together or ...
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(Definition ofthematicandunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthematic unity

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At a very basic conceptual level, the volume lacksthematicunity.
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Emphasised in this way, the man presents a challenge to thethematicunityof the canvas.
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The latter are in particular referred to the relation betweenthematicunityand variety.
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Intellectually stimulating in places, the book is nevertheless an unwieldy collection of disparate pieces that lackthematicunity.
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The editor has obviously had to accept contributions as they came in and hence there is no particularthematicunityto any volume.
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The eclecticism and diversity of reforming cultures and vocabularies underline the dangers in attempting to classify these movements in accordance with any over-ridingthematicunity.
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Inadvertently, however, the attempt to give the book a formalthematicunitydoes prompt some major questions about the conceptualization of identity.
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Its form is improvisatory, its subjects are other people's books, but itsthematicunityis the product of a creative and refined critical intelligence.
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Thethematicunityof a work was a sign of the fecundity of the maker's imagination as he put the theme through its paces.
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Moody's concern with the meaning of old age gives the book athematicunitywhich textbooks often lack and the whole volume is clearly written.
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The dulpod is a folk song, anonymous, freely improvised, and sometimes lacking inthematicunity.
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Since then, many critics have argued forthematicunityin these small collections, believing the ordering of the poems to be more than chronological or convenient.
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He also praised thethematicunityof the episode, achieved by making the large number of character arcs take place in the course of a single day.
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These large-scale compositions are similar to medleys, but there is typically morethematicunitybetween the sections.
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