top|ic

top|ic
top|ic «TOP ihk», noun.
1. a subject that people think, write, or talk about: »

Newspapers discuss the topics of the day. The main topics at Mother's party were gardening and clothes.

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under subject. (Cf. ↑subject)
2. a short phrase or sentence used in an outline to give the main point, as of a part of a speech or writing.
3. Rhetoric and Logic. a class of considerations or arguments suitable for debate or discourse.
4. a general rule or maxim.
╂[singular of topics < Latin topica < Greek (tà) topiká, a work by Aristotle of logical and rhetorical generalities or commonplaces; topiká < tópoi commonplaces; (literally) plural of tópos place]

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