Context and Motif

Context

Context noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Motif and context are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Motif" instead a noun "Context".

Nearby Words: contexture, contextual

Motif noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Context and motif are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Context" instead a noun "Motif".

full	full context	full motif
particular	particular context	particular motif
similar	similar context	similar motif
specific	specific context	specific motif
Other adjectives: certain, appropriate, original, many, obvious, important, significant, different, visual, overall, western.

It makes sense in context, taking the candy motif of the album into consideration.

Source: Music / Katy Perry
A recurring motif in the story is also that "great men build history" and in many ways espouses the Ubermensch theory in a historical context — Reinhard is the example we're given during the time period the story is set in, but Rudolf Goldenbaum is also presented as an example in the backstory.

Source: Übermensch
Irish folk-rockers The Horslips use the black swan motif in their remorse-and-regret laden Time to Kill, which, (in the context of a protracted messy war), regrets the Irish national tendency to kill first without taking too much time to think beforehand.

Source: Swans A-Swimming

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