motif

Noun

Meaning

Motive.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

theme design subject idea figure pattern motive emblem ornament leitmotif symbol patten music point case
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Antonyms

result effect solution resolution interpretation answer
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Hypernyms

design idea figure pattern theme thought

Hyponyms

obbligato obligato topos

Related terms

motive leitmotif motify phosphomotif

Phrases with the word

musical motif five-pointed motif tactical motif blue motif persistent motif cross motif

Examples

Obsession with self is the motif of our time. Charles Krauthammer

For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose of my life. In landscape or seascape, I love above all the poetic motif. William-Adolphe Bouguereau

One day I noticed that I could go on working art my motif no matter what the weather might be. I no longer needed the sun, for I took my light everywhere with me. Georges Braque

It's a wonderful feeling just being in this creative motif. Roy Ayers

The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. Stanislav Grof

I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just doesn't work. I expect my paintings to be strong and surprising. Albert Oehlen

Close letter words and terms

mothwing mothy motia motifeme motifemic motific