Topic comes from a Greek word and refers to a widely used, trivial or vulgar expression or idea. It is a stereotypical idea or a commonplace that, with so much use, loses its value.
In the opposite way, atopic is something that is not linked to a precise site or to a specific reason, as occurs with atopic dermatitis, whose causes cannot be determined. It usually manifests as a type of psoriasis but with milder consequences, and its appearance is as common in winter as in summer; Some people find sun exposure very effective in healing, while others find it detrimental.
The topics can be considered as a vice of the language given its excessive use. Those who use them show few expressive resources or their preference for copying already known expressions. Topics are also used to disguise a truth (especially in political discourse) or to simplify an idea.
The stereotypes and clichés are other concepts that resemble the idea of topic. For example: a topic in romantic novels or movies consists of presenting a couple formed by a rich man and a poor woman, who meet, fall in love and, after overcoming all kinds of obstacles, manage to consecrate their love beyond social differences. Readers or viewers who are confronted with a work with these topics already know what to expect and even establish a tacit pact with the author. A topic cannot be broken without generating strangeness (which would happen if the protagonists end up separated or disgusted).
"Minorities" are often the perfect target for clichés, trying by all means to tarnish their image with unfounded stories. Let's look at some topics about homosexuals:
* everyone maintains a promiscuous lifestyle;
* they are the only human beings who can contract AIDS, or who spread it;
* are physically attracted to anyone of the same gender;
* they are good dancers;
* take care of their body and their image in general, exercising, eating healthy , always dressing in fashion, combining colors of clothes, shoes and accessories, and showing off a well-cared complexion and a current hairstyle;
* feel disgust at the mere idea of the body of the opposite gender;
* do not play sports or are interested in them;
*they are good for computing and the arts in general;
* Men are effeminate and women, masculine.
Like all forms of prejudice, topics are a formula available to everyone to atrophy our ability to reason, making us with a series of erroneous and empty concepts, which facilitate our day to day while making life more difficult for the unfortunate protagonists of our absurd statements.
For rhetoric, a topic is a conceptual or formal scheme with certain formulas that are repeated almost without variations. One could speak of constant themes or universal themes that run through different works. In everyday language, in fact, the word topic is often used as a synonym for topic ( "I'm interested in books on this topic" ).
Finally, in the field of medicine, a topical is a medicine for external and local application.