Definition of subtheme
plural subthemes
or sub-themes
: a theme that is secondary to a larger theme
- … these three different bodies of work are also bound together by the entwined themes of migration, globalism, and—unexpectedly—portraiture. Subthemes of labour, old age, and surveillance also emerge here.
- —Robin Laurence
- Three themes were ultimately extracted from the data: (a) instructional benefits and implications, (b) complexity, and (c) outlook. Each theme has two to four subthemes that were represented in the data.
- —Sheri M. Treadwell et al.
