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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a central motif" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a recurring theme or idea that is significant within a work of art, literature, or any other context.
Example: "In the novel, love serves as a central motif that drives the characters' actions and decisions throughout the story."
Alternatives: "a key theme" or "a primary motif".
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A central motif in contemporary hip-hop is rapping about drug dealing by artists who may not actually sell narcotics.
The garden is a central motif not only of Persian literature but also of Neshat's self-mythology.
These fragments orbited a central motif: the network of phantasmagoric shopping arcades that had flourished in Paris at mid-century.
Pink, indeed, was a central motif — pink phone, pink bedding, pink table.
A central motif of the novel is the conflict between the feminine and masculine principles at work in the universe.
"In general, revenge is a central motif in the ideology of Meir Kahane," said Prof. Ehud Sprinzak, an expert on the far right.
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This motif became a central theme in a strategy designed to facilitate culture change and acceptance of mental health as a community concern.
The Study also has a panelled ceiling, and in this case includes a circular central motif.
The four core histones have similar structures with a conserved central motif domain (termed as histone fold) and an unstructured amino-terminal tail.
Default has a great central motif, but the song it's attached to drifts by without leaving much impression.
Aside from a recurring central motif of snares slurred up and down in pitch, "Tea Lizard's Lament" rarely repeats the same pattern more than a few times; instead, the rhythm is twisted in an increasingly intense series of ecstatic variations.
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