subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about

bone of contention - the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"

precedent - a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

question, head - the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"

keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work

cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

blind spot - a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it"

res adjudicata, res judicata - a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again

area - a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."

occultism - the study of the supernatural

communication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"

major - the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"

frontier - an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"

allometry - study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole

bibliotics - the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity

ology - an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

knowledge base, knowledge domain - the content of a particular domain or field of knowledge

science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

applied science, engineering science, technology, engineering - the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"

futuristics, futurology - the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions

arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"

theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

military science - the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare

numerology - the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs

protology - the study of origins and first things; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity"

theogony - the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods

thing - a separate and self-contained entity

scene, view - graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"

human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

a people, nation, country, land - the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"

citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

compatriot - a person from your own country

nationalist, patriot - one who loves and defends his or her country

grammar - studies of the formation of basic linguistic units

grammatical constituent, constituent - (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"

bacterise, bacterize - subject to the action of bacteria

vitriol - expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol

put - cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture"

shipwreck - cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"

refract - subject to refraction; "refract a light beam"

expose - expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"

expose - expose to light, of photographic film

incur - make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

submit - yield to the control of another

dragoon - subjugate by imposing troops

enslave - make a slave of; bring into servitude

dominate, master - have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"

give - submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"

return - submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"

refer - send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"

relegate, submit, pass on - refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

nonexempt, taxable - (of goods or funds) subject to taxation; "taxable income"; "nonexempt property"

susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"

subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"