tropology
Meanings
noun
- The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
- The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation.
- A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.
Word forms
Etymology
From Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek τροπολογία (tropología), equivalent to trope + -ology.
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