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How to sign: 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";
Categories: content, message, subject matter, substance
Within this category: bone of contention, keynote, precedent, question
How to sign: a branch of knowledge
"in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings";
Similiar / Same: discipline, subject area, subject field, field of study, branch of knowledge, bailiwick, field, study
Categories: knowledge base, knowledge domain
Within this category: allometry, architecture, bibliotics, communications, engineering, frontier, futurology, humanistic discipline, major, military science, numerology, occultism, ology, protology, science, theogony, theology