tropology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
  2. The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation.
  3. A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.

Word forms

tropology tropologies

Etymology

From Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek τροπολογία (tropología), equivalent to trope + -ology.

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