ALL meanings of leitmotif
leit·mo·tif
L l - noun leitmotif A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation. 1
- noun leitmotif a motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea. 1
- noun leitmotif literature, music: recurring theme 1
- noun leitmotif (music) A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera. 0
- noun leitmotif A recurring theme. 0
- countable noun leitmotif A leitmotif in something such as a book or film or in a person's life is an idea or an object which occurs again and again. 0
- noun leitmotif a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used, esp in Wagnerian music dramas, to suggest a character, thing, etc 0
- noun leitmotif an often repeated word, phrase, image, or theme in a literary work 0
- noun leitmotif a short, recurring musical phrase or theme, esp. as used in Wagnerian opera to represent a given character, emotion, etc. 0
- noun leitmotif a dominant theme or underlying pattern 0