tropology
tropology · tropologies
The use of a tropeThe use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
Meaning
3 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
(countable, uncountable)The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation.
(countable, uncountable)A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.
Origin
From Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek τροπολογία (tropología), equivalent to trope +From Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek τροπολογία (tropología), equivalent to trope + -ology.
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Forms
plural: tropologies| Singular | tropology |
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Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable