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rhematic

/ɹiːˈmatɪk/ UK
/ɹɪ-/ UK
/ɹəˈmætɪk/ US
/ɹi-/ US
/-ˈmæɾɪk/ US

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From Ancient Greek ῥηματικός (rhēmatikós, “verbal, pertaining to verbs”), from Ancient Greek ῥηματ- (rhēmat-), ῥῆμα (rhêma, “verb (grammar), word”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic; suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to, in the manner of’”).

noun rhematics

countable, uncountable The provision of new information regarding the current theme. Within a non-theme, transitionals cede to rhematics, the transition itself being lowest on the CD scale.
countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable In the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly. The object of rhetoric is persuasion,—of logic, conviction,—of grammar, significancy. A fourth term is wanting, the rhematic, or logic of sentences.

adjective

not comparable Of a part of a sentence: providing new information regarding the current theme. Rhematic relations are, in a sense, 'intermediate syntactic meanings'. To avoid a proliferation of types of intermediate meanings I do not extend the concept of intermediate syntactic meaning to cover rhematic relations.
not comparable Of or pertaining to a sumisign. Rhematic Indexical Sinsign: As an object of raw experience, a burst of unplanned hollering is a rhematic indexical sinsign: it directs attention to the object which caused the presence of the sign […].
not comparable, obsolete Of or pertaining to word formation.
not comparable, obsolete, rare In Coleridge's work: relating to the arrangement of words into sentences clearly.
not comparable, obsolete, rare Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb. rhematic adjectives
Similar: verbal

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@misc{rhematic_2026,
  title = {rhematic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rhematic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}