schemata

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“It finally occurred to me to stop translating these strange disciplinary languages into technical schemata, and instead simply to learn them on their own terms,” he wrote.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021

I’m never quite sure if she toils for hours devising schemata to impose order upon chaos or if she just concocts genius hypotheses on the fly.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2018

Artists do in fact have some power to change or reinforce our cognitive schemata.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2016

For example, the term anxiety could evoke schemata of task failure, a parent’s harsh criticisms, losing money, a social blunder, the disruption of a satisfying relationship, or the health of a parent.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2013

The fire seemed to live, go down, or die according to its own schemata.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison