dominant theme
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdominantandtheme
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dominant
adjective
uk/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk/θiːm/us/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofdominantandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdominant theme
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Thedominanttheme, however, was still that of containment, of both people and pathogens.
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The subtitle of this outstanding book describes itsdominanttheme.
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Sacred places are a focus ofritualactivities, in which communication with the supernatural is thedominanttheme.
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Frustration with managed care emerged as adominanttheme.
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The diary'sdominantthemeis one of forced migration.
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Adominantthemein their accounts is that they can hardly ' get through ' their lives.
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Language change constitutes adominantthemein this collection.
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The subversion of justice and the rule of law is thedominantthemeof the motet.
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This is a highly provocative though abbreviated article which raises all the right questions but fails fully to come to grips with any singledominanttheme.
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In the post-independence era, as the colonial powers were replaced by national states, thedominantthemewas development through diversification and industrialization.
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But if this becomes thedominantthemeof their writing, then it should be no surprise if their essays are read as expressions of nostalgia or tragedy.
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In the post-war period, welfare state expansion has been adominantthemein the development of central-local government relations in advanced industrial democracies.
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Adominanttheme, then, is one of antagonism between potential expression in later life and an ageing body.
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The careful reader will also notice that automobiles are adominantthemein the examples that follow, both as a cause of risk and a source of examples and metaphors.
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Thedominantthemeis the primacy of the individual - the need to tolerate, respect and encourage the expression of individual choice and freedom.
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Thedominantthemeis primacy of the individual - the need to tolerate, respect and encourage the expression of individual choice and freedom.
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False memories and embellishments are as important as accurate recollection; the continuous creation and recreation of memory is adominantthemein this work.
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That has been adominantthemein a number of speeches this afternoon.
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Achieving the transition to sustainable development will be thedominantthemeof the new century.
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