Material
Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.
Subject matter and material are semantically related. in information topic. In some cases you can use "Subject matter" instead a noun "Material".
Subject matter
Subject matter noun - What a communication that is about something is about.
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Synonyms for Subject matter
Material and subject matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Material" instead a noun phrase "Subject matter".
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He learned to speak standard French with a very clear pronunciation, free of his native accent, and changed his subject matter to more daring material.
Source: Music / Jacques Brel -
After all, the film's opening has a harsh male choir singing a rather morbid song with subject matter including such family friendly material as murder, greed, alcoholism, and even a reference to Old Nick himself.
Source: Film / Muppet Treasure Island - All of their books became bestsellers when first published due to their risque subject matter, but most readers were immediately turned off by the dense data analysis, sociological minutiae and graduate-level physiology material crammed in the books.
Source: Mainstream Obscurity
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