0 the things that are being talked or written about, or used as the subject of a piece of art, etc.:
The subject matter of the documentary was not really suitable for children.
Nor in fact does it satisfactorily deal with the more circumscribed subject matter actually addressed in its pages.
Individuals involved in the subject matter or recently affected by it may be less objective.
But theology's subject matter is by nature unobservable and unquantifiable !
Rather, it is a problem of subject matter.
The new names can be derived from the community of origin, the subject matter, or specific personages associated with the document.
By then his feeling for children's musicals had gone, and sentimental affairs was his new subject matter.
The juror has a unique interest in the subject matter.
To sum up: we should go for more clear-cut designs, but seek uniformity only if the subject matter allows it.
