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An object of the present invention is to provide a graft copolymer that is usable as various functional materials, that is stimulus responsive, and that is soluble in water at ordinary temperatures; and to provide an aqueous coating composition that comprises the graft copolymer as a thickener. The present invention also provides a rheology modifier for an aqueous coating composition comprising a...